Aparecida

See also: aparecida

Portuguese

Etymology

From Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (Our Lady of the Revealed/Appeared Conception), the original name for Our Lady of Aparecida, a clay statue of the Virgin Mary that, according to tradition, was found by three fishermen in 1717 on the Paraíba river in Brazil.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pa.ɾeˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pa.ɾeˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pa.ɾeˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐ.ɾɨˈsi.dɐ/ [ɐ.pɐ.ɾɨˈsi.ðɐ]

Proper noun

Aparecida

1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Proper noun

Aparecida

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Cida (diminutive), Cidinha (diminutive)