Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pernambuco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: per-nam-bu-co
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.

noun

The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.

Uncountable

noun

The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to."
"[P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows."
"Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Pernambucan

Questions

What does pernambuco mean?: A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
Where does pernambuco come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.

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