Santa Catarina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Santa Catarina, referring to Catherine of Alexandria.

Proper noun

Santa Catarina

1. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis

Translations

state in southern Brazil

• Arabic: سَانْتَا كَاتَارِينَا (sāntā kātārīnā)
• Armenian: Սանտա Կատարինա (Santa Katarina)
• French: Santa Catarina
• Georgian: სანტა-კატარინა (sanṭa-ḳaṭarina)
• German: Santa Catarina n
• Greek: Σάντα Καταρίνα f (Sánta Katarína)
• Japanese: サンタカタリーナ (Santakatarīna)
• Portuguese: Santa Catarina (pt) f
• Russian: Са́нта-Катари́на (Sánta-Katarína)
• Spanish: Santa Catarina
• Telugu: శాటికారినా (śāṭikārinā)

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goias, 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)}

Further reading

• Category:Santa Catarina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Santa Catarina on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Santa Catarina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Santa Catharina (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Portuguese for "Saint Catherine", referring to Catherine of Alexandria.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.tɐ ka.taˈɾĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.tɐ ka.taˈɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.ta ka.taˈɾi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.tɐ kɐ.tɐˈɾi.nɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Santa Catarina f

2. Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine
3. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis

   Synonym: (abbreviation) SC

Derived terms

• catarinense

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)}