# Paraná
## English
### Alternative forms

* Parana

### Etymology

From Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑː/, /ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑ/, /pəˈɹɑː.nə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Proper noun

Paraná
* A river in central and southern South America.
* A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Curitiba.
* The provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina.
* A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

#### Translations
### See also

Divisions of the Federative Republic of Brazil in English (layout · text) :
* States: Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Goias · Maranhão · Mato Grosso · Mato Grosso do Sul · Minas Gerais · Pará · Paraíba · Paraná · Pernambuco · Piauí · Rio de Janeiro · Rio Grande do Norte · Rio Grande do Sul · Rondônia · Roraima · Santa Catarina · São Paulo · Sergipe · Tocantins
* Federal District: Federal District

### Further reading

* Category:Paraná on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Paraná on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
* Paraná on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Aparan

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁa.na/

### Proper noun

Paraná m
* Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
* Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
* Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
* Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁaˈna/

### Proper noun

Paraná m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)
* Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

### Proper noun

Paraná n (proper noun, strong, genitive Paranás)
* Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
* Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
* Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.raˈna/$^*$

### Proper noun

Paraná m
* Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
* Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
* Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
* Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾaˈna/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɐˈna/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧ná
* Homophone: paraná

### Etymology 1

From Língua Geral Paulista paraná (“river”), from Old Tupi paranã (“sea”). Doublet of paraná.
The toponyms were named after the river.

#### Proper noun

Paraná m
* Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
* Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) PR
* Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

##### Related terms

* paranaense (demonym of the Brazilian state)
* paranismo
* paranista
* pinheiro-do-paraná

##### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Paranaa

#### See also

* Acre
* Alagoas
* Amapá
* Amazonas
* Bahia
* Ceará
* Espírito Santo
* Goiás
* Maranhão
* Mato Grosso
* Mato Grosso do Sul
* Minas Gerais
* Pará
* Paraíba
* Paraná
* Pernambuco
* Piauí
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio Grande do Norte
* Rio Grande do Sul
* Rondônia
* Roraima
* Santa Catarina
* São Paulo
* Sergipe
* Tocantins

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish Paraná.

#### Proper noun

Paraná m
* Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)

### References

* ↑ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Paraná”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 590, column 2

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾaˈna/ [pa.ɾaˈna]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧ná

### Proper noun

Paraná m
* Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)
* Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)
* Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)
* Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

#### Derived terms

* Alto Paraná