Contenda

See also: contenda

Portuguese

Etymology

From contenda (“contention; struggle”), after a local river. Alternatively, after a feud between two local families.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kõˈtẽ.dɐ/

Proper noun

Contenda f

  1. Contenda (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)

References
  1. 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.
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