Old Tupi

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A 1555 French map showing the Pindo-ouſſou village in the south of La Grande Iſle.

Etymology

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    From pindobusu.

    Proper noun

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    Pindobusu

    1. (hapax) a male given name[1]
    2. (now historical) a former Tupian village in Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy; nowadays Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]

    Descendants

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    • Brazilian Portuguese: Pindobuçu

    References

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    1. ^ Joseph of Anchieta (1565) [Carta de S. Vicente] (overall work in Portuguese), Captaincy of São Vicente; republished as chapter XV, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 221:Pindobuçú [Pindobusu]
    2. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XXI, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 377:Pindo-ouſſou [Pindo[b]usu]