Piauí

English

the Brazil state of Piaui

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese Piauí, from Old Tupi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːaʊˈiː/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Piauí

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

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: بِيَاوِي (biyāwī)
• Armenian: Պիաուի (Piaui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮奧伊／皮奥伊

• French: Piauí
• Georgian: პიაუი (ṗiaui)
• Greek: Πιαουί (Piaouí)
• Japanese: ピアウイ (Piaui)
• Portuguese: Piauí (pt) m
• Russian: Пиауи́ (Piauí)
• Spanish: Piauí

Further reading

• Category:Piauí on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Piauí on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Piauí on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Piauí

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi [Term?] (“river of piabas”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.awˈi/ [pɪ.aʊ̯ˈi], (faster pronunciation) /pjawˈi/ [pjaʊ̯ˈi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pjawˈi/

• Hyphenation: Pi‧au‧í

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Piauí m

1. Piauí (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Teresina)

   Synonym: (Brazil, abbreviation) PI

Derived terms

• piauiense (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)}