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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Abaíra.

Proper noun

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Abaíra

  1. A municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
    • 2005, Antonio Toscano de Brito, Phillip Cribb, Orquídeas da Chapada Diamantina[1], Editora Nova Fronteira, page 328:
      Cleistes pluriflora is common in the Chapada Diamantina, and has been found in the municípios of Abaíra, Barra da Estiva, Mucugê and Rio de Contas []

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi abá + a'yra (Indigenous children).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈi.ɾɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈi.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈi.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

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Abaíra ?

  1. a municipality of Bahia, Brazil

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Abaíra

References

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  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), 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 598