(masculine) Sergipe (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Aracaju)
(masculine) Sergipe (a river in Sergipe, Brazil)
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seʁˈʒi.pi/
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi Siriîype (literally “at the crab river”), refering to Sergipe River. The historical captaincy that originated the modern state was named after the hydronym.