Pernambuco
See also: pernambuco
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
Proper noun
[edit]Pernambuco
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
Coordinate terms
[edit]states of Braziledit
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]state
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Further reading
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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
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
- Old Tupi paranãmbuka, from paranã (“sea”) + puka (“hole”);[1]
- Pernão Boca or Pernambuka, approximations of how natives referred to "Boca de Fernão", an old name for the Santa Cruz channel. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
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- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpɛʁ.nɐ̃.ˈbu.ku/
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: -uku
- Hyphenation: Per‧nam‧bu‧co
Proper noun
[edit]Pernambuco m
- a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Recife
- Synonym: PE (abbreviation)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: pernambuco
- → Spanish: pernambuco
- → French: pernambouc
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Pernambuco”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 592, column 1
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