Amapá
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Amapá, of uncertain indigenous origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑː.məˈpɑː/, /ˈɑː.mə.pɑː/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːməpɑː
Proper noun
Amapá
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Macapá.
- A municipality of Amapá, Brazil.
Coordinate terms
states of Braziledit
Translations
federated state in northern Brazil
Further reading
- Category:Amapá on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Amapá on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
- Amapá on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Amapá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma.pa/
Proper noun
Amapá m
- Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)
Related terms
- amapéen m, amapéenne f
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
- Old Tupi amapaba (“home of rain”); (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- Nheengatu, meaning "ending land" or "island"; (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- Língua Geral Amazônica amapá, a local tree known in Portuguese as amapazeiro (Parahancornia fasciculata).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.maˈpa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐˈpa/
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: A‧ma‧pá
Proper noun
Amapá m (demonym amapaense)
- Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)
- Synonym: AM (abbreviation)
- Amapá (a municipality of Amapá, Brazil)
Descendants
See also
References
- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Amapá”, 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 542, column 2