Amapá

English

the Brazil state of Amapa

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese Amapá, of uncertain indigenous origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.məˈpɑː/, /ˈɑː.mə.pɑː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːməpɑː

Proper noun

Amapá

1. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Macapá

Translations

a state in northern Brazil

• Arabic: أَمَابَا (ʔamābā)
• Armenian: Ամապա (Amapa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿馬帕 / 阿马帕 (zh) (Āmǎpà)

• French: Amapá
• Georgian: ამაპა (amaṗa)
• Greek: Αμαπά (Amapá)
• Japanese: アマパー (Amapā)
• Portuguese: Amapá (pt) m
• Russian: Амапа́ (ru) (Amapá)
• Spanish: Amapá
• Thai: รัฐอามาปา

See also

• Portuguese Guiana

Further reading

• Category:Amapá on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Amapá on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Amapá on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Paama

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:

• Old Tupi amapaba (“home of rain”)
• Nheengatu, meaning "ending land" or "island"
• Lokono, referring to Hancornia amapa, a local tree known in Portuguese as amapazeiro

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈpa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈpa/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: A‧ma‧pá

Proper noun

Amapá m

1. Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)

   Synonym: AM (abbreviation)

Related terms

• amapaense (demonym)

Descendants

• → English: Amapá

See also

• (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)}
• Guiana Portuguesa