Sergipe
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Sergipe, from an Old Tupi term meaning "river of the crab".
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sergipe
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Aracaju
Translations
[edit]state in north-eastern Brazil
See also
[edit]States: Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Goias · 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 |
Federal District: Federal District |
Further reading
[edit]Category:Sergipe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sergipe on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Sergipe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi seriîype (“at the crab river”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Sergipe
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Aracaju
- Synonym: (abbreviation) SE
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (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)
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Sergipe”, 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 597, column 2
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