Abaetetuba

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Abaetetuba.

Proper noun

Abaetetuba

  1. A city in Pará, Brazil

Translations

Translations

Portuguese

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Etymology

The city was originally named Abaeté, ultimately from Old Tupi abaeté (“honorable man”). In 1943, the name was changed by the adition of tyba to avoid confusion with a homonymous city, thus creating the new compound abaetetyba (“honorable men gathering”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baˌɛ.tɛˈtu.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baˌɛ.tɛˈtu.ba/

  • Rhymes: -ubɐ
  • Hyphenation: A‧ba‧e‧te‧tu‧ba

Proper noun

Abaetetuba

  1. A city in Pará, Brazil

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Abaetetuba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 541, column 1
  2. ^ “Abaetetuba”, in Cidades@ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2023
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