Ararauna

German

ein Ararauna
ein Ararauna
zwei Araraunas

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)

  1. blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
    Synonym: Gelbbrustara

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References

  1. Marcgrave, Georg (1648). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 206.

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