Curitiba
English
editProper noun
editCuritiba
- A municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil.
Translations
editState capital of Paraná
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Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain. Suggested derivations include:
- Old Tupi curé / coré (“pig”) + tyba (“abundance”)
- Old Tupi curi (“Paraná pine”) + tyba (“abundance”)
- Guaraní Kuri'yty, corruption of Kuri'yndy (“grove of Paraná pines”)[1]
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ibɐ
- Hyphenation: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba
Proper noun
editCuritiba f
- Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuritiba f
- Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Curitiba
- en:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- en:Cities in Paraná, Brazil
- en:Cities in Brazil
- en:State capitals of Brazil
- en:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Guaraní
- Portuguese terms derived from Guaraní
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ibɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ibɐ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Curitiba
- pt:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Brazil
- pt:State capitals of Brazil
- pt:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iba
- Rhymes:Spanish/iba/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Curitiba
- es:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- es:Cities in Paraná, Brazil
- es:Cities in Brazil
- es:State capitals of Brazil
- es:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- es:Places in Brazil