Piracicaba

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) + syk (“to stop”) + aba (“place, village”), literally "place where the fish stops".

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.ɾa.siˈka.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.ɾa.siˈka.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.ɾa.siˈka.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.ɾɐ.siˈka.bɐ/ [pi.ɾɐ.siˈka.βɐ]

Proper noun

Piracicaba

1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil