Curitiba

English
Map of Brazil with the location of Curitiba in red

Proper noun

Curitiba

  1. A municipality, the capital of the state of Paraná, Brazil.

Translations

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

  • Old Tupi curé / coré (“pig”) + tyba (“abundance”)
  • Old Tupi curi (“Paraná pine”) + tyba (“abundance”)
  • Guaraní Kuri'yty, corruption of Kuri'yndy (“grove of Paraná pines”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuɾiˈt͡ʃibɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾiˈtibɐ/
  • Rhymes: -iba

Proper noun

Curitiba f

  1. Curitiba (a city, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)

Derived terms
  • curitibano / curitibana

References
  1. 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuɾiˈtiba/, [kuɾiˈt̪iβa]

Proper noun

Curitiba f

  1. Curitiba (a municipality, the capital of the state of Paraná, Brazil)
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