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Pernambuco en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
   • [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows. 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:
   • When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to. 1998 July, Strad:

Pernambuco en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

Meanings

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.

Deriveds

Pernambucan

Translations (14)

uk Пернамбу́ку (state) · es Pernambuco (state) · cmn 伯南布哥 (state) · cmn 伯南布哥州 (state) · ru Пернамбу́ку (state) · ka პერნამბუკუ (state) · ko 페르남부쿠 (state) · ar بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو (state) · gl Pernambuco (state) · fr Pernambouc (state) · el Περναμπούκο (state) · ja ペルナンブーコ (state) · pt Pernambuco (state) · hy Պերնամբուկու (state)