Recife

See also: recife

English

Proper noun

Recife

1. A municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.
   • 2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), pages 229-230:

     The veranda was shaded by the roof, and from the shade you could see [...] the skyscrapers and the tower blocks of the city of Recife.

Translations

Brazilian state capital of Pernambuco

• Marathi: रेसिफी (resiphī)
• Portuguese: Recife (pt)
• Telugu: రెసిఫ్ (resiph)

Anagrams

• fierce

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fi/ [heˈsi.fi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fi/ [heˈsi.fi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fi/ [χeˈsi.fi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fe/ [heˈsi.fe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsi.fɨ/

• Homophone: recife
• Hyphenation: Re‧ci‧fe

Proper noun

Recife m

1. Recife (a municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil)