Arakanga

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German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de
zwei Arakangas
ein Arakanga

Etymology[edit]

Attested since at least 1648, learned borrowing from New Latin Araracanga, from Old Tupi arara-akánga or Old Tupi arara'kãga.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [aːʁaˈkaŋɡa]
  • Hyphenation: Ara‧kan‧ga

Noun[edit]

Arakanga m (strong, genitive Arakangas, plural Arakangas)

  1. scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
    Synonyms: Hellroter Ara, Scharlachara

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Marcgrave, Georg (1648). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 206.
  2. ^ araracanga, michaelis.uol.com.br

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