Macapá

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Macapá, from Língua Geral Amazônica.

Proper noun

Macapá

  2. A municipality, the state capital of Amapá, Brazil.

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Further reading

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

According to Navarro, an apocope of Língua Geral Amazônica macapaba (literally “place of “macaba” (Oenocarpus sp.)”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ca‧pá

Proper noun

Macapá m

  1. Macapá (a municipality, the state capital of Amapá, Brazil)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Macapá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 584, column 1
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