Pindorama

See also: Pindoráma

Portuguese

Etymology

Claimed to be from an Old Tupi and Nheengatu word meaning “land of palm trees”. The mention that enshrined Pindorama as a name for Brazil as a whole was in 1928 in Manifesto Antropófago by Oswald de Andrade. Cognate with Guaraní Pindoráma.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩ.doˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩ.doˈɾɐ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩ.duˈɾɐ.mɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩ.duˈɾa.mɐ/

Proper noun

Pindorama f

(historical or poetic) Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
Oswald de Andrade's utopian vision of Brazil
A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Derived terms

pindoramense (sense 3)

Related terms

invasão de Pindorama (sense 1)
matriarcado de Pindorama (sense 2)

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