Araruna

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Old Tupi

Etymology

From araruna (“blue macaw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaɾaˈɾũna/
Homophone: araruna
Rhymes: -ũna

Proper noun

Araruna

a male given name

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Araruna”, 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 60, column 1

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi arara (“macaw”) + una (“black”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾũ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾu.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈɾu.nɐ/

Proper noun

Araruna f

Araruna (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)

References

^ João Carlos Vicente Ferreira (2006) “Araruna”, in Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes [Paraná's municipalities: the origin and meaning of their names] (Paraná da Gente; 5)‎ (in Portuguese), Curitiba: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura

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