Ceará
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceará.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ceará
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza
Translations edit
state in north-eastern Brazil
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See also edit
- (states of Brazil) state of 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: en:States of Brazil)
Further reading edit
- Category:Ceará on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ceará on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
- Ceará on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1608. Some theories try to explain its origin:[1]
- From Old Tupi sema (“exit”) + ará (“macaw”);
- From Old Tupi asema (“cry”) + ará (“macaw”);
- From Old Tupi sy (“origin”) + ará (“macaw”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /sɪ.aˈɾa/
Audio (BR) (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Homophone: ceará
- Hyphenation: Ce‧a‧rá
Proper noun edit
Ceará m
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza
- CE (abbreviation)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (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)
References edit
- ^ João Mendes Júnior (1901 May) “Língua indígena - o nome Ceará”, in Revista Trimensal do Instituto do Ceará[1] (in Portuguese), volume 15, Fortaleza, archived from the original on 2009-03-20, pages 313-318