Curitiba
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjʊə.ɹiˈtʃiː.bə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /kjʊ.ɹiˈtʃi.bə/
- Hyphenation: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba
Proper noun
Curitiba
- A municipality and state capital of Paraná, Brazil.
Translations
State capital of Paraná
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
- Língua Geral Paulista *kurityba (“Paraná pine gathering”), from kuri (“Paraná pine”) + tyba (“gathering”).[1]
- Paraguayan Guarani kuri'yty, corruption of kuri'yndy (“grove of Paraná pines”), from kuri'y (“Paraná pine”) + ndy (“grove”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.ba/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈti.bɐ/ [ku.ɾiˈti.βɐ]
- Rhymes: -ibɐ
- Hyphenation: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba
Proper noun
Curitiba f
- Curitiba (a municipality and state capital of Paraná, Brazil)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Curitiba”, 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 559, column 1
- ^ João Carlos Vicente Ferreira (2006), “Curitiba”, in Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes [Paraná's municipalities: the origin and meaning of their names] (Paraná da Gente; 5)[1] (in Portuguese), Curitiba: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, page 99
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾiˈtiba/ [ku.ɾiˈt̪i.β̞a], (imitating Brazilian Portuguese) /kuɾiˈt͡ʃiba/ [ku.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba
Proper noun
Curitiba f
- Curitiba (a municipality and state capital of Paraná, Brazil)