Paraná

See also: parana and paranã

English

Alternative forms

• Parana

Etymology

From Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑː/, /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑ/, /pəˈɹɑː.nə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

Paraná

1. A river in central and southern South America.
2. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Curitiba.
3. The provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina.
4. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Translations

river in South America

Chinese: Mandarin: 巴拉那河 (zh) (Bālānàhé) Marathi: पाराना (pārānā) Portuguese: Paraná (pt) m

state in southern Brazil

Arabic: بَارَانَا (bārānā) Armenian: Պարանա (Parana) Azerbaijani: Parana Basque: Paraná Bulgarian: Парана́ (Paraná) Catalan: Paranà Chinese: Mandarin: 巴拉那 (bālānà) Czech: Paraná Dutch: Paraná (nl) Estonian: Paraná French: Paraná (fr) Galician: Paraná (gl) Georgian: პარანა (ṗarana) German: Paraná Greek: Παρανά (Paraná) Hebrew: פרנה (parana) Hindi: पाराना (pārānā) Hungarian: Paraná (hu) Italian: Paraná Japanese: パラナ (Parana) Korean: 파라나 (parana) Latvian: Parana Lithuanian: Parana Marathi: पाराना (pārānā) Persian: پارانا (pârânâ) Polish: Paraná Portuguese: Paraná (pt) m Romanian: Paraná Russian: Парана́ (Paraná) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Парана Roman: Parana, Paraná Slovak: Paraná Slovene: Paraná Spanish: Paraná Thai: ปารานา (bpaa-raa-naa) Turkish: Paraná Ukrainian: Парана́ (Paraná) Urdu: پارانا (pārānā) Vietnamese: Paraná

city in Argentina

Marathi: पाराना (pārānā)

See also

Divisions of the Federative Republic of Brazil in English (layout · text)

States: Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Goias · Maranhão · Mato Grosso · Mato Grosso do Sul · Minas Gerais · Pará · Paraíba · Paraná · Pernambuco · Piauí · Rio de Janeiro · Rio Grande do Norte · Rio Grande do Sul · Rondônia · Roraima · Santa Catarina · São Paulo · Sergipe · Tocantins

Federal District: Federal District

Further reading

• Category:Paraná on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paraná on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Paraná on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aparan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.na/

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁaˈna/

Proper noun

Paraná m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

Proper noun

Paraná n (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)

1. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
2. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
3. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Paraná

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈna/^*

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈna/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈna/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧ná
• Homophone: paraná

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Paraná

Wikipedia ^pt

Paraná, Brazil

From Língua Geral Paulista paraná (“river”), from Old Tupi paranã (“sea”).^[1] Doublet of paraná.

The toponyms were named after the river.

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) PR

3. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Related terms

• paranaense (demonym of the Brazilian state)
• paranismo
• paranista
• pinheiro-do-paraná

 

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Paranaa

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish Paraná.

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)

References

1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Paraná”, 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 590, column 2

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈna/ [pa.ɾaˈna]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧ná

Proper noun

Paraná m

1. Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
2. Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
3. Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
4. Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Derived terms

• Alto Paraná