Ceará

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See also: ceara, ceará, and ceară

English

The Brazilian state of Ceará

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ceará.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seɪ.əˈɹɑː/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Ceará

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

Arabic: سِيَارَا (siyārā)
Armenian: Սեարա (Seara)
Azerbaijani: Seara
Bulgarian: Сеара́ (Seará)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞阿拉
French: Ceará (fr) m
Galician: Ceará m
Georgian: სეარა (seara)
Greek: Σεαρά (el) f (Seará)
Italian: Ceará m
Japanese: セアラー (Searā)
Kazakh: Сеара (Seara)
Latin: Siara f
Latvian: Seara f
Lithuanian: Seara f
Polish: Ceará f
Portuguese: Ceará (pt) m
Romanian: Ceará f
Russian: Сеара́ (Seará)
Spanish: Ceará m
Thai: รัฐ เซอารา
Turkish: Ceará
Ukrainian: Сеара́ (Seará)
Uzbek: Seara

See also

Divisions of the Federative Republic of Brazil in English (layout · text)
States: Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Goias · Maranhão · Mato Grosso · Mato Grosso do Sul · Minas Gerais · Pará · Paraíba · Paraná · Pernambuco · Piauí · Rio de Janeiro · Rio Grande do Norte · Rio Grande do Sul · Rondônia · Roraima · Santa Catarina · São Paulo · Sergipe · Tocantins
Federal District: Federal District

Further reading

Category:Ceará on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ceará on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Ceará on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

arace, areca

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Ceará

Ceará

Etymology

First attested in 1608. Some theories try to explain its origin:^[1]

From Old Tupi sema (“exit”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
From Old Tupi asema (“cry”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
From Old Tupi sy (“origin”) +‎ ará (“macaw”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/, /si.aˈɾa/ , (faster pronunciation) /sjaˈɾa/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sjɐˈɾa/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɪ.aˈɾa/
Audio (Brazil): (file)
Rhymes: -a
Homophone: ceará
Hyphenation: Ce‧a‧rá

Proper noun

Ceará m

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza
CE (abbreviation)

Derived terms

cearense (demonym)

See also

(states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}

References

^ João Mendes Júnior (1901 May) “Língua indígena - o nome Ceará”, in Revista Trimensal do Instituto do Ceará‎ (in Portuguese), volume 15, Fortaleza, archived from the original on 2009-03-20, pages 313-318

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