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Copacabana

Copacabana proper noun: a neighborhood of Zona Sul district, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.

Proper noun

Copacabana

  1. A neighborhood of Zona Sul district, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
  2. The main beach in Rio de Janeiro, located in the eponymous district.
  3. A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A town on Lake Titicaca, La Paz department, Bolivia.

Noun

Copacabana (plural Copacabanas)

  1. (figuratively) A beached area known for partying.
    • just as it was when the city was run by the great Victorian, Joseph Chamberlain, whose square will be turned into the Copacabana of the West Midlands.2007, The Times, Sand storm - Plans to turn Birmingham into St Tropez have gone awry

Synonyms of Copacabana

Forms of Copacabana

pluralCopacabanas

Origin of Copacabana

Borrowed from Portuguese Copacabana and Spanish Copacabana, the latter borrowed in turn from Aymara Kotakawana (“God of Fertility”).

Words formed from Copacabana

Questions about Copacabana

What does Copacabana mean?
Copacabana means a neighborhood of Zona Sul district, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
What part of speech is Copacabana?
Copacabana can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Copacabana in the dictionary

  1. cop-out
  2. cop-outs
  3. cop-stache
  4. cop-wise
  5. copa
  6. Copacabana
  7. copacetic
  8. copack
  9. copackage
  10. copackaged
  11. copackages

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