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Ceará

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See also: ceara, ceará, and ceară

English

The Brazilian state of Ceará

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ceará.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seɪ.əˈɹɑː/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Ceará

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza.

Coordinate terms

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

Arabic: سِيَارَا (siyārā)
Armenian: Սեարա (Seara)
Azerbaijani: Seara
Bulgarian: Сеара́ (Seará)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞阿拉 (Sài'ālā)
French: Ceará (fr) m
Galician: Ceará m
Georgian: სეარა (seara)
Greek: Σεαρά (el) f (Seará)
Italian: Ceará m
Japanese: セアラー (Searā)
Kazakh: Сеара (Seara)
Korean: 세아라 (seara)
Latin: Siara f
Latvian: Seara f
Lithuanian: Seara f
Polish: Ceará f
Portuguese: Ceará (pt) m
Romanian: Ceará f
Russian: Сеара́ (Seará)
Spanish: Ceará m
Thai: รัฐ เซอารา
Turkish: Ceará
Ukrainian: Сеара́ (Seará)
Uzbek: Seara

Further reading

Category:Ceará on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ceará on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Ceará on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

arace, areca

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Ceará

Localização do estado do Ceará no Brasil

Etymology

First attested in 1608. Some theories try to explain its origin:^[1]

From Old Tupi sema (“exit”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
From Old Tupi asema (“cry”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
From Old Tupi sy (“origin”) +‎ ará (“macaw”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/, /si.aˈɾa/ [sɪ.aˈɾa], (faster pronunciation) /sjaˈɾa/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sjɐˈɾa/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɪ.aˈɾa/
Audio (Brazil): (file)
Rhymes: -a
Homophone: ceará
Hyphenation: Ce‧a‧rá

Proper noun

Ceará m

a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Fortaleza
CE (abbreviation)

Derived terms

cearense (demonym)

See also

References

^ João Mendes Júnior (May 1901), “Língua indígena - o nome Ceará”, in Revista Trimensal do Instituto do Ceará‎^[1] (in Portuguese), volume 15, Fortaleza, archived from the original on 20 March 2009, pages 313-318

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