Santarém

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Santarém.

Proper noun

Santarém

  1. A district in central Portugal.
  2. A city and municipality, the district capital of the district of Santarém, Portugal.
  3. A city and municipality of Pará, Brazil.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santaren, after Visigothic saint Santa Irene.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.taˈɾẽj̃/ [sɐ̃.taˈɾẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.tɐˈɾɐ̃j̃/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: San‧ta‧rém
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)

Proper noun

Santarém ?

  1. a district in central Portugal
  2. a city and municipality, the district capital of the district of Santarém, Portugal
  3. a city and municipality of Pará, Brazil

Usage notes

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