Pernambuco

See also: pernambuco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

the Brazil state of Pernambuco

Proper noun

Pernambuco

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

Translations

state

• French: Pernambouc (fr)
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• Portuguese: Pernambuco (pt) m

Noun

Pernambuco (uncountable)

1. A hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
   • 1998, Strad, July:

     When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.

   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 198:

     [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

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Galician

Proper noun

Pernambuco m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
2. Timbuktu, a distant or remote place

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Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:

• Old Tupi paranãbuku ("long river") or para’nã ("river") + buka ("hole").
• Pernão Boca or Pernambuka, approximations of how natives referred to "Boca de Fernão", an old name for the Santa Cruz channel.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛʁ.nɐ̃.ˈbu.ku/

• Audio (BR):

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Proper noun

Pernambuco m

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

   Synonym: PE (abbreviation)

Related terms

• pernambucano (demonym)