Paraíba
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Paraíba, from Old Tupi pa'ra a'íba (“bad for navigation”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paraíba
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a state in north-eastern Brazil
See also
[edit]States: 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 |
Federal District: Federal District |
Further reading
[edit]- Category:Paraíba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Paraíba on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
- Paraíba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the Captaincy of Paraíba, from Old Tupi paraaíba (“bad river”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Paraíba f
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa
- Synonym: (abbreviation) PB
Derived terms
[edit]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)
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Paraíba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 590, column 2
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