Etymology

pitangua

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Today it means: The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese pitanguá
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  1. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed frompitanguá
  2. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed frompitanguá
  3. English todaypitangua

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pitanguá, borrowed from Old Tupi pitaûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtawari.

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