Roraima

//ɹəʊˈɹaɪmə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    a large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil
  2. 2
    A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista.

Etymology

From Portuguese Roraima, from Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix).

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