From contenda (“contention; struggle”), after a local river. Alternatively, after a feud between two local families.[1]
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- Contenda (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)
- ^ João Carlos Vicente Ferreira (2006) “Contenda”, in Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes [Paraná's municipalities: the origin and meaning of their names] (Paraná da Gente; 5)[1] (in Portuguese), Curitiba: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura