Florianópolis
English
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editFrom Portuguese Florianópolis. The city was named after Floriano Peixoto, the second president of Brazil, with the addition of the -polis suffix from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Before 1893, the city was known as Desterro, from the Portuguese word desterro, meaning banishment or exile.
Proper noun
editFlorianópolis
- A municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Translations
editBrazilian state capital of Santa Catarina
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Portuguese
editEtymology
editThe city was named after Floriano Peixoto, the second president of Brazil, with the addition of the suffix -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Before 1893, the city was known as Desterro, from the Portuguese word desterro, meaning banishment or exile.
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Proper noun
editFlorianópolis
- Florianópolis (a municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
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- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with Ó
- English terms spelled with ◌́
- en:Municipalities of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:Cities in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:Cities in Brazil
- en:State capitals of Brazil
- en:Places in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 6-syllable words
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Municipalities of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Brazil
- pt:State capitals of Brazil
- pt:Places in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil