Arakanga
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Etymology edit
Attested since at least 1648, learned borrowing from New Latin Araracanga, from Old Tupi arara-akánga or Old Tupi arara'kãga.[1][2]
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Noun edit
Arakanga m (strong, genitive Arakangas, plural Arakangas)
- scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
- Synonyms: Hellroter Ara, Scharlachara
Declension edit
Declension of Arakanga [masculine, strong]
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References edit
- ^ Marcgrave, Georg (1648). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 206.
- ^ araracanga, michaelis.uol.com.br
Further reading edit
- Arakanga, ararauna.de