Florianópolis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Brazilian Portuguese Florianópolis.
Proper noun
[edit]Florianópolis
- A municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Translations
[edit]Brazilian state capital of Santa Catarina
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The city was named after Floriano Peixoto (1839–1895), the second president of Brazil, with the addition of the suffix -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Before 1893, the city was known as Desterro.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Flo‧ri‧a‧nó‧po‧lis
Proper noun
[edit]Florianópolis
- Florianópolis (a municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
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- English terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with Ó
- English terms spelled with ◌́
- en:Municipalities of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:Cities in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:Cities in Brazil
- en:State capitals of Brazil
- en:Places in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- Portuguese eponyms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 6-syllable words
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- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Municipalities of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Brazil
- pt:State capitals of Brazil
- pt:Places in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil