Meanings
proper noun
- A large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
During my time on Roraima I developed a severe case of "tepui fever"—a longing to visit other tepuis and explore some of the mysteries they have guarded for eons.
1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 544 - A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista.
Origin
- PemonRoroimü
- PortugueseRoraima
- EnglishRoraima
From Portuguese Roraima, from Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix).
More words from Portuguese, Pemon
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رُورَايْمَا
- رُورَايْمَا (rūrāymā)state of northern Brazil
Chinese Mandarin 羅賴馬 /罗赖马
- 羅賴馬 /罗赖马 (Luólàimǎ)state of northern Brazil
French Roraima
- Roraimastate of northern Brazil
Greek Ροράιμα
- Ροράιμα (Roráima)state of northern Brazil
Japanese ロライマ
- ロライマ (Roraima)state of northern Brazil
Korean 호라이마
- 호라이마 (horaima)state of northern Brazil
Portuguese Monte Roraima, Roraima
- Monte Roraimatepui
- Roraimastate of northern Brazil
Russian Рора́йма
- Рора́йма (Rorájma)state of northern Brazil
Spanish Roraima
- Roraimastate of northern Brazil
Ukrainian Рора́йма
- Рора́йма (Rorájma)state of northern Brazil
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Roraima
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APA
Roraima. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roraima
MLA
“Roraima.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roraima. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roraima,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roraima.
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