Pindorama

See also: Pindoráma

Portuguese

Etymology

Claimed to be from an Old Tupi and Nheengatu word meaning “land of palm trees”. The mention that enshrined Pindorama as a name for Brazil as a whole was in 1928 in Manifesto Antropófago by Oswald de Andrade. Cognate with Guaraní Pindoráma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩ.doˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩ.doˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩ.doˈɾɐ.ma/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩ.duˈɾɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩ.duˈɾɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩ.duˈɾa.mɐ/

Proper noun

Pindorama f

1. (historical or poetic) Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
2. Oswald de Andrade's utopian vision of Brazil
3. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Derived terms

• pindoramense (sense 3)

Related terms

• invasão de Pindorama (sense 1)
• matriarcado de Pindorama (sense 2)