Maranhão

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Maranhão.

Proper noun

Maranhão

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Luís

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: مَارَانْهَاوْ (mārānhāw)
• French: Maragnan m, Maranhão (fr)
• Portuguese: Maranhão (pt) m
• Russian: Маранья́н (Maranʹján)
• Spanish: Maranhão

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: en:States of Brazil)}
• Maranhão on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi, meaning "running sea", or an augmentative of mar (“sea”). The word was first used to refer to the Amazon River.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [ma.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧nhão

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Proper noun

Maranhão m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Luís

   MA (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• maranhense (demonym)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}