carioca

Meaning

Noun

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) Carioca (native or inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil)
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, proscribed) native or inhabitant of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) Carioca (of, from or relating to the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil)
2. (feminine, masculine, proscribed) of, from or relating to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Concepts

Apalaí

Embu

Brazil

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a native of Rio de Janeiro city in Brazil

Belo Horizonte

carioca

Aracaju

Águas de São Pedro

Guanabara

São Luis

Synonyms

Brasil

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paulista

paulistano

fluminense

Translations

carioca

Brasil

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Brasilien

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Föderative Republik Brasilien

Βραζιλία

Brésil

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Carioca

carioca

Brasile

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Brasilia

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Brazilië

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Brazilië

Brasil

Brasil

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.ɾiˈɔ.kɐ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old Tupi kariîó
Proto-Tupian *ekʷ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok
Proto-Tupian *-ap
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
Old Tupi -a
Old Tupi oka
Old Tupi Kariîookabor.
Portuguese carioca
From Old Tupi Kariîooka, a former indigenous village in what is now Guanabara Bay.