Jacareí

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Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Tupi îakare'y (river of the alligators).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧ca‧re‧í

Proper noun[edit]

Jacareí m

  1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Usage notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Jacareí”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 578, column 1