Paraense
/ˌpær.əˈɛn.si/noun
A person or thing from the Brazilian state of Pará.
Did you know?The name Pará comes from a Tupi word associated with a river or large body of water, reflecting the region’s deep Indigenous linguistic history.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-colonial period
Tupi
pará
“River, or a large body of water; the source of the name Pará”
16th–17th Century
Portuguese
Pará
“The name applied by Portuguese colonists to the region and its major river”
Classical Latin
Latin
-ēnsis
“A suffix meaning “belonging to” or “from a place””
Modern Portuguese formation
Portuguese
paraense
“Of or from Pará, formed from Pará plus -ense”
Modern English
English
paraense
“A person or thing from Pará, generally used in geographic or Brazilian contexts”