Catanduvas

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English

Proper noun

Catanduvas

A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
A town and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Catanduvas.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi , but the components are unknown. Theories include:^[1]

kaa'tã-duba (“place with sparse vegetation”)
ka'á tãg tiba (“place with sparse or low vegetation”)
kaatantiua (“low and thorny vegetation”)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.tɐ̃ˈdu.vɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.tɐ̃ˈdu.vɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.tɐ̃ˈdu.vas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɐ̃ˈdu.vɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɐ̃ˈdu.bɐʃ/

Proper noun

Catanduvas f

Catanduvas (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)
Catanduvas (a town and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

References

^ João Carlos Vicente Ferreira (2006) “Catanduvas”, 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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