Pernambuco
See also: pernambuco
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
Proper noun
Pernambuco
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
Translations
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Noun
Pernambuco (uncountable)
- A hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
- 1998, Strad, July:
- 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 2003, p. 198:
- [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
- 1998, Strad, July:
Galician
Proper noun
Pernambuco m
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
- Timbuktu, a distant or remote place
Portuguese
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]
- (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/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˌpɛʁ.nɐ̃.ˈbu.ku/
Audio (BR) (file)
Proper noun
Pernambuco m
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
- Synonym: PE (abbreviation)
Related terms
- pernambucano (demonym)