Paraná

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See also: parana and paranã

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑː/, /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑ/, /pəˈɹɑː.nə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

Paraná

  1. A river in central and southern South America.
  2. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Curitiba.
  3. The provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina.
  4. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Translations

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

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Paraná m

  1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
  2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
  3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
  4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Paraná m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)

  1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

Proper noun

Paraná n (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)

  1. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
  2. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
  3. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Paraná m

  1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
  2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
  3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
  4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Paraná, Brazil

    From Língua Geral Paulista paraná (“river”), from Old Tupi paranã (“sea”).[1] Doublet of paraná.

    The toponyms were named after the river.

    Proper noun

    Paraná m

    1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
    2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
      Synonym: (abbreviation) PR
    3. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
    Descendants
    • → Hunsrik: Paranaa

    See also

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish Paraná.

    Proper noun

    Paraná m

    1. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Paraná”, 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 590, column 2

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /paɾaˈna/
    • Audio (Peru):(file)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧ná

    Proper noun

    Paraná m

    1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
    2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
    3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
    4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

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