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Araguaia
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English
+ River
Etymology
en pt-BR Araguaia, from en tpw-lga -.
Proper noun
en major river s/Goiás,Mato Grosso,Tocantins,Pará c/Brazil
Portuguese
pt:Rio +
Alternative forms
pt Araguai Araguay Araguaya obsolete
Etymology
pt 1
Navarro theorizes a pt tpw-lga - borrowing based on obsolete spellings. He gives no etymon, but lists yrl arawaí white-eyed parakeet as a possible cognate.tpw DTA 544
Pronunciation
pt ajɐ 4
pt A ra guai a
Proper noun
m araguaiano
pt Araguaia
Derived terms
pt Araguaiana
Descendants
en Araguaia 1
References