Etymology

Copacabana

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Portuguese Copacabana ← Spanish Copacabana ← Aymara Kotakawana
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The story

  1. Aymara · borrowed fromKotakawana“God of Fertility”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromCopacabana
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromCopacabana
  4. English todayCopacabana

Borrowed from Portuguese Copacabana and Spanish Copacabana, the latter borrowed in turn from Aymara Kotakawana (“God of Fertility”).

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