Amapá
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Brazil_State_Amapa.svg/220px-Brazil_State_Amapa.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Amapá, of uncertain indigenous origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amapá
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Macapá
Translations
[edit]a state in northern Brazil
See also
[edit]- (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)
- Portuguese Guiana
Further reading
[edit]Category:Amapá on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amapá on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Amapá on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
- Old Tupi amapaba (“home of rain”)
- Nheengatu, meaning "ending land" or "island"
- Lokono, referring to Hancornia amapa, a local tree known in Portuguese as amapazeiro
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Amapá m
- Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)
- Synonym: AM (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: Amapá
See also
[edit]- (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)
- Guiana Portuguesa
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- English lemmas
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms derived from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Lokono
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