Niterói

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi Nheterõîa, from nhe- +‎ *terõ +‎ îá according to Frederico Edelweiss.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ni.teˈɾɔj/ [ni.teˈɾɔɪ̯]

  • Rhymes: -ɔj
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧te‧rói

Proper noun

Niterói f

  1. a municipality, the former capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Usage notes

Niterói is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

References

  1. ^ Frederico Edelweiss (1967), “Os topônimos indígenas do Rio de Janeiro quinhentista [The Indigenous toponyms of 16th-century Rio de Janeiro]”, in Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro‎[1] (in Portuguese), volume 275, pages 114–117

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