Paraná

See also: parana and paranã

English

Alternative forms

• Parana

Etymology

From Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑː/, /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑ/, /pə.ˈɹɑː.nə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

Paraná

1. A river in central and southern South America.
2. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Curitiba.
3. The provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina.
4. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Translations

river in South America

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴拉那河 (zh) (Bālānàhé)

• Marathi: पाराना (pārānā)
• Portuguese: Paraná (pt) m

state in southern Brazil

• Arabic: بَارَانَا (bārānā)
• Armenian: Պարանա (Parana)
• Azerbaijani: Parana
• Basque: Paraná
• Bulgarian: Парана́ (Paraná)
• Catalan: Paranà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴拉那 (bālānà)

• Czech: Paraná
• Dutch: Paraná (nl)
• Estonian: Paraná
• French: Paraná
• Galician: Paraná (gl)
• Georgian: პარანა (ṗarana)
• German: Paraná
• Greek: Παρανά (Paraná)
• Hebrew: פרנה (parana)
• Hindi: पाराना (pārānā)
• Hungarian: Paraná (hu)
• Italian: Paraná
• Japanese: パラナ (parana)
• Korean: 파라나 (parana)
• Latvian: Parana
• Lithuanian: Parana
• Marathi: पाराना (pārānā)
• Persian: پارانا (pârânâ)
• Polish: Paraná
• Portuguese: Paraná (pt) m
• Romanian: Paraná
• Russian: Парана́ (Paraná)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Парана

  Roman: Parana, Paraná

• Slovak: Paraná
• Slovene: Paraná
• Spanish: Paraná
• Thai: ปารานา (bpaa-raa-naa)
• Turkish: Paraná
• Ukrainian: Парана́ (Paraná)
• Urdu: پارانا (pārānā)
• Vietnamese: Paraná

city in Argentina

• Marathi: पाराना (pārānā)

See also

• (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)}
• Paraná on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aparan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.na/

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁaˈna/

Proper noun

Paraná m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

Proper noun

Paraná n (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)

1. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
2. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
3. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈna/^*

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Portuguese

Paraná, Brazil

Etymology

From Língua Geral paraná (“river”), from Old Tupi paranã (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈna/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈna/

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧ná
• Homophone: paraná

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) PR

3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Related terms

• paranaense (demonym of the Brazilian state)

See also

• (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)}

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈna/ [pa.ɾaˈna]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧ná

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Derived terms

• Alto Paraná