Itajaí
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Itajaí.
Proper noun
Itajaí
- A city and municipality of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- 2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian:
- The 45 samples collected from leg two, running from Cabo Verde to South Africa, showed microplastic concentrations from 92-1,884, while in leg three – between Cape Town and Itajaí, Brazil – the concentrations ranged from 160-1,492 per cubic metre.
Portuguese
Etymology
Multiple teories, from Old Tupi:
- From taîá (“arum”) + 'y (“river”).
- From itá (“stone”) + îá (“full”) + 'y (“river”).[1]
- From itá (“stone”) + îara (“lord”) + 'y (“river”).
From Guaraní:
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: I‧ta‧ja‧í
Proper noun
Itajaí
- Itajaí (a city and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Itajaí”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 572, column 2
- ^ https://magru.com.br/web/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Lenda_do_monte_tayo.pdf