Ceará

See also: ceara, ceará, and ceară

English

The Brazilian state of Ceará

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceará.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪ.əˈɹɑː/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Ceará

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: سِيَارَا (siyārā)
• Armenian: Սեարա (Seara)
• Azerbaijani: Seara
• Bulgarian: Сеара́ (Seará)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞阿拉

• French: Ceará (fr) m
• Galician: Ceará m
• Georgian: სეარა (seara)
• Greek: Σεαρά (el) f (Seará)
• Italian: Ceará m
• Japanese: セアラー (Searā)
• Kazakh: Сеара (Seara)
• Latin: Siara f
• Latvian: Seara f
• Lithuanian: Seara f
• Polish: Ceará f
• Portuguese: Ceará (pt) m
• Romanian: Ceará f
• Russian: Сеара́ (Seará)
• Spanish: Ceará m
• Thai: รัฐเซอารา
• Turkish: Ceará
• Ukrainian: Сеара́ (Seará)
• Uzbek: Seara

Further reading

• Category:Ceará on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ceará on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Ceará on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• arace, areca

Portuguese

Ceará

Etymology

First attested in 1608. Some theories try to explain its origin:

• From Old Tupi sema (“exit”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
• From Old Tupi asema (“cry”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
• From Old Tupi sy (“origin”) +‎ ará (“macaw”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/, /si.aˈɾa/ [sɪ.aˈɾa], (faster pronunciation) /sjaˈɾa/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/, /si.aˈɾa/ [sɪ.aˈɾa], (faster pronunciation) /sjaˈɾa/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sjɐˈɾa/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɪ.aˈɾa/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: ceará
• Hyphenation: Ce‧a‧rá

Proper noun

Ceará m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza

   CE (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• cearense (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)}