Aparecida

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (Our Lady of the Revealed/Appeared Conception), the original name for Our Lady of Aparecida, a clay statue of the Virgin Mary that, according to tradition, was found by three fishermen in 1717 on the Paraíba river in Brazil. === Pronunciation === Homophone: aparecida Hyphenation: A‧pa‧re‧ci‧da === Proper noun === Aparecida f a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil === Proper noun === Aparecida f a female given name ==== Derived terms ==== Cida (diminutive), Cidinha (diminutive)