Curitiba
Appearance
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Curitiba
- A municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil.
Translations
[edit]State capital of Paraná
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
- Old Tupi kurityba (“Paraná pine gathering”)[1]
- Guaraní kuri'yty, corruption of kuri'yndy (“grove of Paraná pines”)[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ibɐ
- Hyphenation: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba
Proper noun
[edit]Curitiba f
- Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Curitiba”, 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 559, column 1
- ^ João Carlos Vicente Ferreira (2006) “Curitiba”, in Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes [Paraná's municipalities: the origin and meaning of their names] (Paraná da Gente; 5)[1] (in Portuguese), Curitiba: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, page 99
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Curitiba f
- Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Curitiba
- en:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- en:Cities in Paraná, Brazil
- en:Cities in Brazil
- en:State capitals of Brazil
- en:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Guaraní
- Portuguese terms derived from Guaraní
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ibɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ibɐ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Curitiba
- pt:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Brazil
- pt:State capitals of Brazil
- pt:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iba
- Rhymes:Spanish/iba/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Curitiba
- es:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- es:Cities in Paraná, Brazil
- es:Cities in Brazil
- es:State capitals of Brazil
- es:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- es:Places in Brazil