Karamuru

Old Tupi

Etymology

From karamuru (“moray eel”).

Proper noun

Karamuru

  1. nickname for Diogo Álvares Correia (1475–1557), Portuguese explorer
    • [1663, Simão de Vasconcellos, Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], book I (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 38, column 2, line 36:
      […] & aqui lhe acreſcentâraõ o nome, chamandolhe o grande Caramurù.
      And here they added to his name, calling him the great “Karamuru”.]

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: Caramuru

Further reading

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