Capanema

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Tupi caá (“wood”) + penema (“worthless”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.paˈnẽ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.paˈne.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɐˈne.mɐ/

Proper noun edit

Capanema m or f by sense

a surname

Proper noun edit

Capanema f

A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
A town and municipality of Pará, Brazil

References edit

^ 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

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