Itajaí

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Itajaí.

Proper noun

Itajaí

1. 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^[1]:

     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”).
• From itá (“stone”) ‎ îara (“lord”) ‎ 'y (“river”).

From Guaraní:

• From itá (“stone”) ‎ jajái (“shiny”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ta.ʒaˈi/, /ˌi.ta.ʒaˈi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧ja‧í

Proper noun

Itajaí

1. Itajaí (a city and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Derived terms

• itajaiense