pernambuco

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noun

The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.

OriginPortuguese Pernambuco →
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Meanings

pernambuco1

nounpernambuco (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe wood of Paubrasilia echinata.

    Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.

    2000, James Beament, The Violin Explained: Components, Mechanism, and Sound, page 159

Pernambuco2

proper noun
  1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
nounPernambuco (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.

    When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.

    1998 July, Strad
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    [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

    2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198

Origin

pernambuco · noun

From the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.

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Pernambuco · proper noun, noun

  1. PortuguesePernambuco
  2. PortuguesePernambuco
  3. EnglishPernambuco

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

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Translations

Arabic بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو
  • بِيرْنَامْبُوكُو (bīrnāmbūkū)state
Chinese Mandarin 伯南布哥, 伯南布哥州
  • 伯南布哥 (Bónánbùgē)state
  • 伯南布哥州 (Bónánbùgē Zhōu)state
French Pernambouc
  • Pernamboucstate
Greek Περναμπούκο
  • Περναμπούκο (Pernampoúko)state
Japanese ペルナンブーコ
  • ペルナンブーコ (Perunanbūko)state
Korean 페르남부쿠
  • 페르남부쿠 (pereunambuku)state
Portuguese Pernambuco
  • Pernambucostate
Russian Пернамбу́ку
  • Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku)state
Spanish Pernambuco
  • Pernambucostate
Ukrainian Пернамбу́ку
  • Пернамбу́ку (Pernambúku)state
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APA

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Chicago

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