Itajaí
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Portuguese Itajaí.
=== Proper noun ===
Itajaí
A city and municipality of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Itajahy, Tajahy (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain. Theories include:
Old Tupi itaîa'y (“stone-full river”);
Paraguayan Guarani ita jajái (“shiny stone”);
Classical Guarani [Term?] (“stone tinamou river”);
Classical Guarani and Old Tupi [Term?] (“arum river”).
The city was named after the hydronym.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: I‧ta‧ja‧í
=== Proper noun ===
Itajaí f
Itajaí (a city and municipality of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
==== Derived terms ====
=== Proper noun ===
Itajaí m
(informal, Santa Catarina) ellipsis of Itajaí-Açu
(obsolete) a river in Santa Catarina, Brazil, counting both Itajaí-Açu and Itajaí do Oeste as a single river
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ English: Itajaí
=== References ===