name
Meaning 1
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Pernambuco
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noun
Meaning 2
The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Recife
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
From the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو (bīrnāmbūkū) — state
- Armenian: Պերնամբուկու (Pernambuku) — state
- Chinese Mandarin: 伯南布哥 (Bónánbùgē) — state
- Chinese Mandarin: 伯南布哥州 (Bónánbùgē Zhōu) — state
- French: Pernambouc — state
- Galician: Pernambuco — state
- Georgian: პერნამბუკუ (ṗernambuḳu) — state
- Greek: Περναμπούκο (Pernampoúko) — state
- Japanese: ペルナンブーコ (Perunanbūko) — state
- Korean: 페르남부쿠 (pereunambuku) — state
- Portuguese: Pernambuco — state
- Russian: Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku) — state
- Spanish: Pernambuco — state
- Ukrainian: Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku) — state
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