Avaré

See also: avare and avarè

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi abaré (“priest”). Named after a river that crossed the city.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾɛ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈɾɛ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈɾɛ/ [ɐ.βɐˈɾɛ]

Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: A‧va‧ré

Proper noun

Avaré

A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Derived terms

avareense

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Avaré”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 546, column 2

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