Alagoas

See also: Alagoa

English

the Brazilian state of Alagoas

Etymology

From Portuguese Alagoas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæləˈɡəʊəs/, /ˌɑːləˈɡəʊəs/, /ˌɑːlɑːˈɡəʊɑːs/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Alagoas

2. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Maceió.

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

• 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

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: أَلَاغُوَاسْ (ʔalāḡuwās)
• Armenian: Ալագոաս (hy) (Alagoas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉戈斯 (Ālāgēsī)

• French: Alagoas (fr)
• Georgian: ალაგოასი (alagoasi)
• Greek: Αλαγκόας (Alagkóas)
• Japanese: アラゴアス (Arugoasu)
• Korean: 알라고아스 (allagoaseu)
• Portuguese: Alagoas (pt)
• Russian: Алаго́ас (Alagóas)
• Spanish: Alagoas
• Ukrainian: Алаго́ас (Alahóas)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Alagôas (obsolete)

Etymology

From alagoas (“lakes”), variant form of lagoa (“lake”).

The name appears as a competitor with the names of the lagoons of Manguaba, a lagoa do sul (“the southern lagoon”), and Mundaú, a lagoa do norte (“the northern lagoon”), already in the 16th century, when settlements were founded near the Alagoa do Norte and the Alagoa do Sul, the Alagoas, with the inclusion of the rest of the lagoons in the area.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈɡo.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈɡo.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.laˈɡo.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈɡo.as/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈɡo.ɐʃ/ [ɐ.lɐˈɣo.ɐʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈɡo.ɐʃ/ [ɐ.lɐˈɣo.ɐʃ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈɡo(w).ɐʃ/ [ɐ.lɐˈɣo(w).ɐʃ]

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -oɐs
• Homophone: alagoas
• Hyphenation: A‧la‧go‧as

Proper noun

Alagoas m or f pl (sometimes plural only, in variation, demonym alagoano)

1. Alagoas (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Maceió)

   Synonym: AL (abbreviation)

Descendants

• → English: Alagoas

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Distrito Federal
• 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

Spanish

Alagoas en Brasil

Etymology

From Portuguese Alagoas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈɡoas/ [a.laˈɣ̞o.as]
• Rhymes: -oas
• Syllabification: A‧la‧go‧as

Proper noun

Alagoas m or f pl (demonym alagoano or alagoaniense)

1. Alagoas (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Maceió)