Alagoas

From Portuguese Alagoas, from alagoas (“lakes”).

The name appears as a competitor with the names of the lagoons of Manguaba, a lagoa do sul ("southern lagoon"), and Mundaú, a lagoa do norte ("northern lagoon"), already in the 16th century, when settlements were founded near the Alagoa do Norte and the Alagoa do Sul, the Alagoas, with the inclusion of the rest of the lagoons in the area.

• IPA^(key): /ˌæləˈɡəʊəs/, /ˌɑːləˈɡəʊəs/, /ˌɑːlɑːˈɡəʊɑːs/

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Alagoas

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

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: en:States of Brazil)}

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From alagoas (“lakes”).

The name appears as a competitor with the names of the lagoons of Manguaba, a lagoa do sul ("the southern lagoon"), and Mundaú, a lagoa do norte ("the northern lagoon"), already in the 16th century, when settlements were founded near the Alagoa do Norte and the Alagoa do Sul, the Alagoas, with the inclusion of the rest of the lagoons in the area.

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• Hyphenation: A‧la‧go‧as

Alagoas m or f pl

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

   Synonym: AL (abbreviation)

• alagoano (demonym)

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}