Sergipe

Sergipe

English

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese Sergipe, from an Old Tupi term meaning "river of the crab".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɜː(ɹ)ˈʒiːpi/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Sergipe

  1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Aracaju.
  2. A river in Sergipe, Brazil.

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

Translations

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • Cerigipe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi Siriîype (literally “at the crab river”), refering to Sergipe River.[1] The historical captaincy that originated the modern state was named after the hydronym.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ipi, -ipɨ
  • Hyphenation: Ser‧gi‧pe

Proper noun

Sergipe m

  1. Sergipe (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Aracaju)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) SE
  2. Sergipe (a river in Sergipe, Brazil)

Derived terms

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Sergipe”, in 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 597, column 2

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Sergipe.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /seɾˈxipe/ [seɾˈxi.pe], (imitating Portuguese) /seɾˈʝipe/ [seɾˈʝi.pe] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /seɾˈxipe/ [seɾˈxi.pe], (imitating Portuguese) /seɾˈʃipe/ [seɾˈʃi.pe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /seɾˈxipe/ [seɾˈxi.pe], (imitating Portuguese) /seɾˈʒipe/ [seɾˈʒi.pe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Syllabification: Ser‧gi‧pe

Proper noun

Sergipe m

  1. Sergipe (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Aracaju)

Derived terms

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