Meanings
proper noun
- A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
The 45 samples collected from leg two, running from Cabo Verde to South Africa, showed microplastic concentrations from 92-1,884, while in leg three – between Cape Town and Itajaí, Brazil – the concentrations ranged from 160-1,492 per cubic metre.
2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian
Origin
- PortugueseItajaí
- EnglishItajaí
Borrowed from Portuguese Itajaí.
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APA
Itajaí. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Itaja%C3%AD
MLA
“Itajaí.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Itaja%C3%AD. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Itajaí,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Itaja%C3%AD.
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