Agudos do Sul

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Originally Agudo (from agudo (“acute; sharp”), referring to a steep hill), which then became Agudos and then Agudos do Sul (Agudos of the South) due to the existence of another municipality with the name Agudos in São Paulo.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.duz du ˈsuw/ [aˈɡu.duz du ˈsuʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.duʒ du ˈsuw/ [aˈɡu.duʒ du ˈsuʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.doz do ˈsuw/ [aˈɡu.doz do ˈsuʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡu.duʒ du ˈsul/ [ɐˈɣu.ðuʒ ðu ˈsuɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡu.duʒ du ˈsu.li/ [ɐˈɣu.ðuʒ ðu ˈsu.li]

Proper noun edit

Agudos do Sul

Agudos do Sul (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)

References edit

^ 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

[1] 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

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