Xingu
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Xingu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪŋˈɡu/
Proper noun
Xingu
- A major river in Brazil that flows north into the Amazon delta.
- A cultural reservation in central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.
Noun
Xingu pl (plural only)
- Any of several indigenous tribes of Amerindian peoples who live in the Xingu reservation.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Xingú (1931-prescribed spelling)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃĩˈɡu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃĩˈɡu/
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Xin‧gu
Proper noun
Xingu m
- Xingu (a major river in Brazil that flows north into the Amazon delta)
- 1749, Jose Gonsalves da Fonseca, Navegação feita da cidade do Gram Pará até á boca do Rio da Madeira [Navegation made from the city of Grão-Pará to the mouth of the Madeira River]; published in Collecção de noticias para a historia e geografia das nações ultramarinas, que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes são visinhas, volume IV, number I, Typografia da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1826, page 9:
- Deste canal lança o Amazonas pela terra dentro aquella porção de agoa, que junta com a referida do Akeky fórma o rio deste nome, que dá entrada para o Amazonas pela bocca do Xingú.
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- 1874, José de Alencar, “Servo do amor [Servant of love]” (chapter V), in Ubirajara, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier, page 80:
- Pelo assobio o guerreiro conheceu que era um tapyr. O animal zombára dos caçadores e vinha rompendo a matta como a torrente do Xingú.
- Through its cry the warrior recognized it was a tapir. The animal made fun of the hunters and was breaking through the forest like the Xingu’s torrent.
Derived terms
- Novo Xingu
- São Félix do Xingu
- Vitória do Xingu
- xinguense
Descendants
- → English: Xingu