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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seʁˈʒi.pi/ [seɦˈʒi.pi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seɾˈʒi.pi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seʁˈʒi.pi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seɻˈʒi.pe/

  • 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

Further reading

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