Pernambuco

See also: pernambuco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

the Brazil state of Pernambuco

Proper noun

Pernambuco

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

Translations

state

• Arabic: بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو (bīrnāmbūkū)
• Armenian: Պերնամբուկու (Pernambuku)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯南布哥

• French: Pernambouc (fr)
• Galician: Pernambuco
• Georgian: პერნამბუკუ (ṗernambuḳu)
• Greek: Περναμπούκο (Pernampoúko)
• Japanese: ペルナンブーコ (Perunanbūko)
• Portuguese: Pernambuco (pt) m
• Russian: Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku)
• Spanish: Pernambuco (es)

Further reading

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

Noun

Pernambuco (uncountable)

1. The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
   • 1998 July, Strad:

     When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.

   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:

     [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

Galician

Proper noun

Pernambuco m

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
2. Timbuktu, a distant or remote place

Portuguese

Pernambuco

Etymology

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:

• Old Tupi paranãbuku ("long river") or para’nã ("river") + buka ("hole").
• Pernão Boca or Pernambuka, approximations of how natives referred to "Boca de Fernão", an old name for the Santa Cruz channel.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛʁ.nɐ̃.ˈbu.ku/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Pernambuco m

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

   Synonym: PE (abbreviation)

Related terms

• pernambucano (demonym)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; 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 ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}