Cuiabá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Cuiabá, from Old Tupi kuîaba.

Proper noun

Cuiabá

  2. A municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • Cuyabá (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîaba.[1] The city was named after the hydronym.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuj.aˈba/ [kuɪ̯.aˈba]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuj.ɐˈba/ [kuj.ɐˈβa]

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: Cui‧a‧bá

Proper noun

Cuiabá f (demonym cuiabano)

  1. Cuiabá (a municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil)

Descendants

  • → English: Cuiabá

Proper noun

Cuiabá m

  1. a river in Mato Grosso, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Cuiabá”, 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 558, column 1
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