Roraima en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹəʊˈɹaɪmə/
Etymology
From Portuguese Roraima, from Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix).
Meanings
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A large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
During my time on Roraima I developed a severe case of "tepui fever"—a longing to visit other tepuis and explore some of the mysteries they have guarded for eons.
1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 544:
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista.
Translations (15)
uk Рора́йма (state of northern Brazil) · pt Monte Roraima (tepui) · es Roraima (state of northern Brazil) · ru Рора́йма (state of northern Brazil) · mch Dodoimö (tepui) · aoc Roroimü (tepui) · el Ροράιμα (state of northern Brazil) · ja ロライマ (state of northern Brazil) · hy Ռորայմա (state of northern Brazil) · ko 호라이마 (state of northern Brazil) · fr Roraima (state of northern Brazil) · ka რორაიმა (state of northern Brazil) · ar رُورَايْمَا (state of northern Brazil) · pt Roraima (state of northern Brazil) · cmn 羅賴馬 /罗赖马 (state of northern Brazil)