Aguaí
Portuguese
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Etymology
editLearned borrowing from Old Tupi agûaí, clipping of *mboîagûaí (“rattlesnake”). The city was known as Cascavel until 1944, when it was changed to the current name.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: A‧gua‧í
Proper noun
editAguaí f
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
References
edit- ^ Ednilson Caneschi, editor (2011), “História de Aguaí”, in Câmara Municipal de Aguaí (in Portuguese)
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/i
- Rhymes:Portuguese/i/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Municipalities of São Paulo, Brazil
- pt:Places in São Paulo, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil