Amapá
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Amapá, of uncertain indigenous origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amapá
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Macapá.
- A municipality of Amapá, Brazil.
Coordinate terms
[edit]states of Braziledit
Translations
[edit]federated state in northern Brazil
Further reading
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Category:Amapá on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Amapá on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Amapá on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]French
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Amapá.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amapá m
- Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
- Old Tupi amapaba (“home of rain”); (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- Nheengatu, meaning "ending land" or "island"; (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- Língua Geral Amazônica amapá, a local tree known in Portuguese as amapazeiro (Parahancornia fasciculata).[1]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Amapá m (demonym amapaense)
- Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)
- Synonym: AM (abbreviation)
- Amapá (a municipality of Amapá, Brazil)
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Amapá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 542, column 2
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