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Paranaûasu

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From paraná (“river”) +‎ -ûasu (“big”).

Proper noun

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Paranaûasu[1]

  1. (LGA) Amazon (a river in northern South America)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: Paranawasú

References

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  1. ^ Francisco Xavier Ribeiro Sampaio (1774–1775) Diario da Viagem da Capitania do Rio Negro (in Portuguese), line LXX; republished Lisbon: Typografia da Academia, 1825, page 26: “Paranáuasú [Paranaûasu]”
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