Acre

See also: acre and âcre

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French and Latin Acre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: āʹkə, äʹkɚ, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.kɚ/, /ˈɑː.kɚ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪkɚ

Proper noun

Acre

1. A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith.

Synonyms

• (historical names): See Antioch

Translations

city

• Arabic: عَكَّا (ʕakkā)
• Armenian: Աքքա (Akʿkʿa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿科 (Ākē)

• Dutch: Akko n
• French: Acre (fr) m
• German: Akkon n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἄκο (Áko), Ἄκη (Ákē), Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs)

• Hebrew: עַכּוֹ (he) ('áko)
• Italian: Acri (it) f
• Latin: Acre (la), Ptolemāis
• Ottoman Turkish: عکا (Akkâ⁩)
• Persian: عکا ('Akkâ), عکه (fa) ('Akke)
• Polish: Akka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Acre (pt) f
• Russian: А́кко (Ákko), А́кка (ru) (Ákka), А́кра (Ákra)
• Spanish: Acre (es) m
• Turkish: Akka (tr)

Etymology 2

From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: äʹkrɚ, IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.kɹɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkɹɚ

Proper noun

Acre

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

Translations

state in north-western Brazil

• Arabic: أَكْرِي (ʔakrī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿克里州 (Ākèlǐ Zhōu)

• French: Acre (fr)
• Portuguese: Acre (pt) m
• Russian: А́кри (Ákri)
• Spanish: Acre (es)

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: en:States of Brazil)}

Etymology 3

Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪkɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkɚ

Proper noun

Acre

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• -care, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, care, e-car, race, race-

French

Etymology 1

From Latin Akre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akʁ/

Proper noun

Acre m

1. Acre (a city in Israel)

Etymology 2

From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

Acre m

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kɾɨ/

• Audio (Brazil)

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -akɾi, (Portugal) -akɾɨ
• Hyphenation: A‧cre
• Homophone: acre

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Acre. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

Acre

1. Acre (a city in Israel)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Acre.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:

• Old Tupi a'kir y (“green river”) or a'kir, related to ker (“to sleep; to calm down”)
• Aquiri, corruption of Apurinã Umákürü or Uakiry or from Yasi'ri (“quickly running water”)

Proper noun

Acre m

1. Acre (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Rio Branco)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) AC

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Acre.

Derived terms

• acriano, acreano (demonym)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}