Ararauna
German
Etymology
Attested since at least 1648, learned borrowing from New Latin Araravna, from Old Tupi arára úna (“big dark parrot”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːʁaʁaˈuːna/
- Hyphenation: Ara‧ra‧una
Noun
Ararauna m (strong, genitive Araraunas, plural Araraunas)
- blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Synonym: Gelbbrustara
Declension
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References
- Marcgrave, Georg (1648). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 206.
Further reading
- Ararauna, ararauna.de
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