castanha-do-pará

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === castanha do Pará (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Named after Captaincy of Grão Pará, former administrative unit in Brazil's North Region, to which the nut is native. === Pronunciation === === Noun === castanha-do-pará f (plural castanhas-do-pará) brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) Synonyms: castanha-do-brasil, noz-amazônica, tucari, turiri === Further reading === “castanha-do-pará”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “castanha-do-pará”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026