Pernambuco

See also: pernambuco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

the Brazil state of Pernambuco

Proper noun

Pernambuco

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife

Translations

state

• Arabic: بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو (bīrnāmbūkū)
• Armenian: Պերնամբուկու (Pernambuku)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯南布哥

• French: Pernambouc (fr)
• Galician: Pernambuco
• Georgian: პერნამბუკუ (ṗernambuḳu)
• Greek: Περναμπούκο (Pernampoúko)
• Japanese: ペルナンブーコ (Perunanbūko)
• Portuguese: Pernambuco (pt) m
• Russian: Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku)
• Spanish: Pernambuco (es)

Further reading

• Category:Pernambuco on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pernambuco on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Pernambuco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

Pernambuco (uncountable)

1. The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
   • 1998 July, Strad:

     When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.

   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:

     [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

Galician

Proper noun

Pernambuco m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
2. Timbuktu, a distant or remote place

Portuguese

Pernambuco

Etymology

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:

• Old Tupi paranãbuku ("long river") or para’nã ("river") + buka ("hole").
• Pernão Boca or Pernambuka, approximations of how natives referred to "Boca de Fernão", an old name for the Santa Cruz channel.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛʁ.nɐ̃.ˈbu.ku/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Pernambuco m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife

   Synonym: PE (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• pernambucano

Descendants

• → French: pernambouc

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• 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