English
Recife
Recife comes from Brazilian Portuguese Recife.
- Brazilian PortuguesemodernRecife
- Englishearliest quotation 2022same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Brazilian PortuguesemodernRecife
- Englishearliest quotation 2022same form
Earliest quotation: 2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Abacus (2023): “The veranda was shaded by the roof, and from…”
Every English word from Brazilian Portuguese Recife
Today it means
name A municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Brazilian Portuguese Recife / Recife