Araruna

Old Tupi

Etymology

From araruna (“blue macaw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaɾaˈɾũna/
Homophone: araruna
Rhymes: -ũna

Proper noun

Araruna

a male given name

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Araruna”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 60, column 1

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi arara (“macaw”) + una (“black”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾũ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾu.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈɾu.nɐ/

Proper noun

Araruna f

Araruna (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)

References

2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

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