Pernambuco

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows. uncountable

    "When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to."

  2. 2
    The wood of Paubrasilia echinata. uncountable

    "Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.

Synonyms

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recife

Example

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"The total area of Portugal would fit, with room to spare, within the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, the seventh smallest state in Brazil."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

Etymology 2

From the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.

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