Altamira do Paraná

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Chosen by the Companhia de Colonização e Desenvolvimento, in homage to the city of Altamira in Pará.[1]

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.taˈmi.ɾɐ du pa.ɾaˈna/ [aʊ̯.taˈmi.ɾɐ du pa.ɾaˈna]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.taˈmi.ɾa do pa.ɾaˈna/ [aʊ̯.taˈmi.ɾa do pa.ɾaˈna]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.tɐˈmi.ɾɐ du pɐ.ɾɐˈna/ [aɫ.tɐˈmi.ɾɐ ðu pɐ.ɾɐˈna]

Proper noun edit

Altamira do Paraná f

  1. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

References edit

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