Ceará

See also: ceara, ceará, and ceară

English

The Brazilian state of Ceará

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ceará.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪ.əˈɹɑː/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Ceará

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza

Translations

state in north-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: سِيَارَا (siyārā)
• Armenian: Սեարա (Seara)
• Azerbaijani: Seara
• Bulgarian: Сеара́ (Seará)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞阿拉

• French: Ceará (fr) m
• Galician: Ceará m
• Georgian: სეარა (seara)
• Greek: Σεαρά (el) f (Seará)
• Italian: Ceará m
• Japanese: セアラー (Searā)
• Kazakh: Сеара (Seara)
• Latin: Siara f
• Latvian: Seara f
• Lithuanian: Seara f
• Polish: Ceará f
• Portuguese: Ceará (pt) m
• Romanian: Ceará f
• Russian: Сеара́ (Seará)
• Spanish: Ceará m
• Thai: รัฐเซอารา
• Turkish: Ceará
• Ukrainian: Сеара́ (Seará)
• Uzbek: Seara

Further reading

• Category:Ceará on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ceará on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Ceará on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• arace, areca

Portuguese

Ceará

Etymology

First attested in 1608. Some theories try to explain its origin:

• From Old Tupi sema (“exit”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
• From Old Tupi asema (“cry”) +‎ ará (“macaw”);
• From Old Tupi sy (“origin”) +‎ ará (“macaw”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/, /si.aˈɾa/ [sɪ.aˈɾa], (faster pronunciation) /sjaˈɾa/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/, /si.aˈɾa/ [sɪ.aˈɾa], (faster pronunciation) /sjaˈɾa/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sjɐˈɾa/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɪ.aˈɾa/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: ceará
• Hyphenation: Ce‧a‧rá

Proper noun

Ceará m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza

   CE (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• cearense (demonym)

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Goiás
• 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