Abaetetuba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Abaetetuba.

Proper noun

Abaetetuba

A city in Pará, Brazil

Translations

Portuguese: Abaetetuba (pt) f
Russian: Абаэтетуба f (Abaetetuba)
Ukrainian: Абаететуба f (Abaetetuba)

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Abaetetuba

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

The city was originally named Abaeté, ultimately from Old Tupi abaeté (“honorable man”). In 1943, the name was changed by the adition of tyba to avoid confusion with a homonymous city, thus creating the new compound abaete tyba (“honorable men gathering”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˌɛ.tɛˈtu.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˌɛ.tɛˈtu.ba/

Rhymes: -ubɐ
Hyphenation: A‧ba‧e‧te‧tu‧ba

Proper noun

Abaetetuba

A city in Pará, Brazil

Derived terms

abaetetubense

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Abaetetuba”, 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 541, column 1
^ “Abaetetuba”, in Cidades@ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2023

[1] Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Abaetetuba”, 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 541, column 1

[2] “Abaetetuba”, in Cidades@ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2023

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