caatinga

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Caatinga

Etymology

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caatinga, borrowed from Old Tupi ka'atinga, from ka'a + ting + -a.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    caatinga (plural caatingas)

    1. A sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
      • 1984, Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, translation of La guerra del fin del mundo by Mario Vargas Llosa, published 2012, page 187:
        He then goes on his way at a steady pace that does not tire him, climbing up slopes or down ravines, traversing scrubland caatinga or stony ground.
      • 2000, David Lewis Lentz, Imperfect Balance: Landscape Transformations in the Precolumbian Americas, page 426:
        The geological substrate of the caatinga is severely eroded crystalline bedrock of the Precambrian Brazilian Shield and Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary basins.

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    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'atinga, from ka'a + ting + -a.

      Pronunciation

       

      Noun

      caatinga f (usually uncountable, plural caatingas)

      1. caatinga (sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern Brazil)

      Descendants

      • English: caatinga