"Pernambuco" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|Pernambuco}} Portuguese Pernambuco Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pernambuco
  1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife Categories (place): Pernambuco, Brazil, Places in Brazil, States of Brazil Translations (state): بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو (bīrnāmbūkū) (Arabic), Pernambouc (French), Pernambuco (Galician), Pernambuco [masculine] (Portuguese), Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku) (Russian), Pernambuco (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Pernambuco-en-name-ihyaj5yu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Related terms: Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins Related terms (states of Brazil): state of Brazil

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|Pernambuco}} Portuguese Pernambuco Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Pernambuco (uncountable)
  1. The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Pernambuco-en-noun-Tpsf8C3a

Alternative forms

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