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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Abaetetuba.

Proper noun

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Abaetetuba

  1. A city in Pará, Brazil

Translations

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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The city was originally named Abaeté, ultimately from Old Tupi abaeté (honorable man). In 1943, the name was changed by the adition of tyba to avoid confusion with a homonymous city, thus creating the new compound abaetetyba (honorable men gathering).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baˌɛ.tɛˈtu.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baˌɛ.tɛˈtu.ba/

  • Rhymes: -ubɐ
  • Hyphenation: A‧ba‧e‧te‧tu‧ba

Proper noun

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Abaetetuba

  1. A city in Pará, Brazil

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References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Abaetetuba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 541, column 1
  2. ^ “Abaetetuba”, in IBGE Cidades[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2023