Pernambuco
See also: pernambuco
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
Proper noun edit
Pernambuco
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
Translations edit
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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:Pernambuco on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pernambuco on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
- Pernambuco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun edit
Pernambuco (uncountable)
- The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
- 1998 July, Strad:
- When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.
- 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:
- [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
Galician edit
Proper noun edit
Pernambuco m
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
- Timbuktu, a distant or remote place
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
- Old Tupi paranãbuku ("long river") or para’nã ("river") + buka ("hole").
- Pernão Boca or Pernambuka, approximations of how natives referred to "Boca de Fernão", an old name for the Santa Cruz channel.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Pernambuco m
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
- Synonym: PE (abbreviation)
Related 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)