Almazonas

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.maˈzõ.nɐs/ [aʊ̯.maˈzõ.nɐs]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.mɐˈzo.nɐʃ/ [aɫ.mɐˈzo.nɐʃ]

Proper noun

Almazonas f pl (plural only)

  1. obsolete form of Amazonas
    • 1663, Simão de Vasconcellos, Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], Noticias antecedentes (book I), Lisbon: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 18, column 2, line 23:
      O das Almazonas, por outro nome Graõ Pará, ſem exageraçaõ algũa, he o Emperador de todos os rios do mũdo […]
      The Amazon [literally, “the [river] of the Amazons”], also called Grão-Pará, with no exaggeration, is the emperor of all the world's rivers.
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