Santa Catarina
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Santa Catarina, referring to Catherine of Alexandria.
Proper noun
Santa Catarina
- A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis
Translations
state in southern Brazil
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Portuguese
Etymology
Portuguese for "Saint Catherine", referring to Catherine of Alexandria.
Proper noun
- Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine
- A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis.
- Synonym: SC (abbreviation)
Related terms
- catarinense (demonym of the Brazilian state)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:States of Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese multiword terms
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:States of Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil