Copacabana

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Copacabana.

Proper noun

Copacabana

  1. A district of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  2. the main beach in Rio de Janeiro, located in the eponymous district
  3. (figuratively) a beached area known for partying.
    • 2007, The Times, Sand storm - Plans to turn Birmingham into St Tropez have gone awry‎[1]:
      just as it was when the city was run by the great Victorian, Joseph Chamberlain, whose square will be turned into the Copacabana of the West Midlands.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Copacabana.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.pa.kaˈbɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.pa.kaˈbɐ.na/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔ.pɐ.kɐˈbɐ.nɐ/ [kɔ.pɐ.kɐˈβɐ.nɐ]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
  • Hyphenation: Co‧pa‧ca‧ba‧na

Proper noun

Copacabana ?

  1. a municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aymara Kotakawana (“God of Fertility”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkopakaˈbana/ [ˌko.pa.kaˈβ̞a.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Co‧pa‧ca‧ba‧na

Proper noun

Copacabana ?

  1. a town on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
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