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Jacareí

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Tupi îakare'y (river of the alligators).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧ca‧re‧í

Proper noun

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Jacareí m

  1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Usage notes

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Jacareí is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Jacareí”, 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 578, column 1