Nova Iorque

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Nova Iorque. Doublet of New York.

Nova Iorque

1. A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.

• Nova York (senses 1, 2, and 4)

Calque of English New York.

Nova Iorque f

2. New York (a state of the United States)
4. New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)

   Você sabe que a Times Square fica em Nova Iorque, não é?

   You know that Times Square is located in New York, right?

6. Nova Iorque (a municipality of Maranhão, Brazil)
8. New York (an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
   • 2024 August 6, Igor Gielow, “Russos ocupam Nova York em ofensiva no leste da Ucrânia”, in Folha de S. Paulo‎^[1], retrieved 22 February 2025:

     A Nova York ocupada surgiu em 1846, mas a origem de seu nome de batismo é incerta.

     The occupied New York came to be in 1846, but the origin of its given name is uncertain.

   • 2024 August 21, Francisco Laranjeira, “Moscovo reivindica captura de Nova Iorque (mas a da Ucrânia…) [Moscow claims capture of New York (but the one in Ukraine…)]”, in SAPO‎^[2], retrieved 22 February 2025:

     Moscovo assegura ter capturado Nova Iorque: a alegação das forças militares russas, feita na passada terça-feira, causou espanto – no entanto, explica-se facilmente: em vez da metrópole dos Estados Unidos, a Rússia referia-se a uma cidade no leste ucraniano, anteriormente conhecida como Novgorodskoye.

     Moscow assures it has captured New York: the Russian military forces’ allegation, made last Tuesday, has caused astonishment – however, it is easily explained: instead of the metropolis in the United States, Russia referred to a city in the Ukrainian east, previously known as Novgorodskoye.

Nova Iorque is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

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