Pindorama
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See also: Pindoráma
Portuguese
Etymology
Claimed to be from an Old Tupi and Nheengatu word meaning “land of palm trees”. The mention that enshrined Pindorama as a name for Brazil as a whole was in 1928 in Manifesto Antropófago by Oswald de Andrade. Cognate with Guaraní Pindoráma.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pindorama f
- (historical or poetic) Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
- Oswald de Andrade's utopian vision of Brazil
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
Derived terms
- pindoramense (sense 3)
Related terms
- invasão de Pindorama (sense 1)
- matriarcado de Pindorama (sense 2)