Iemanjá

Portuguese

Iemanjá

Alternative forms

• Yemanjá

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba Yemọja (literally “mother of the fishes”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /je.mɐ̃ˈʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /jɛ.mɐ̃ˈʒa/

Proper noun

Iemanjá f

1. an orisha in Afro-Brazilian religions

Further reading

• Iemanjá on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt