Jacareí
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Tupi îakare'y (“river of the alligators”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: Ja‧ca‧re‧í
Proper noun edit
Jacareí m
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
Usage notes edit
Jacareí is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
References edit
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Jacareí”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 578, column 1