Tocantins

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Tocantins, from Old Tupi tukã (“Toucan”) + tĩ (“beak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtəʊkənˈtiːns/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Tocantins

  1. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Palmas.

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi tukana (“toucan”) + tĩ (“beak”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ĩs, -ĩʃ
  • Hyphenation: To‧can‧tins

Proper noun

Tocantins m

  1. a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Palmas
    Synonym: (abbreviation) TO
  2. a river in Brazil

Derived terms

Proper noun

Tocantins f

  1. a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Tocantins”, 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 603, column 2
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