"alamoa" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /a.laˈmo.ɐ/ [Brazil], /a.laˈmo.ɐ/ [Brazil], /a.laˈmo.a/ [Southern-Brazil], /ɐ.lɐˈmo.ɐ/ [Portugal], /ɐ.lɐˈmo.ɐ/ [Portugal], /ɐ.lɐˈmo(w).ɐ/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: alamoas [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of alemoa. Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} alamoa f (plural alamoas)
  1. (folklore) A ghostly, white, blonde woman from the folklore of Fernando de Noronha, said to appear nude to the islanders at night and to turn into a skeleton when approached. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Brazilian folklore, Folklore Synonyms: alemoa

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Alteration of alemoa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alamoas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "alamoa f (plural alamoas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Brazilian folklore",
          "orig": "pt:Brazilian folklore",
          "parents": [
            "Brazil",
            "Folklore",
            "South America",
            "Culture",
            "America",
            "Society",
            "Earth",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Folklore",
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          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ghostly, white, blonde woman from the folklore of Fernando de Noronha, said to appear nude to the islanders at night and to turn into a skeleton when approached."
      ],
      "id": "en-alamoa-pt-noun-48mAKVnG",
      "links": [
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(folklore) A ghostly, white, blonde woman from the folklore of Fernando de Noronha, said to appear nude to the islanders at night and to turn into a skeleton when approached."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alemoa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.laˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.laˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.laˈmo.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐˈmo(w).ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alamoa"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of alemoa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alamoas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "alamoa f (plural alamoas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 4-syllable words",
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese feminine nouns",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "pt:Brazilian folklore",
        "pt:Folklore"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ghostly, white, blonde woman from the folklore of Fernando de Noronha, said to appear nude to the islanders at night and to turn into a skeleton when approached."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(folklore) A ghostly, white, blonde woman from the folklore of Fernando de Noronha, said to appear nude to the islanders at night and to turn into a skeleton when approached."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alemoa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.laˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.laˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.laˈmo.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐˈmo.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ.lɐˈmo(w).ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alamoa"
}

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