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Paraíba

/pɑːɹaɪˈiːbə/

Paraíba proper noun: a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.

paraíba: a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa
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Proper noun

Paraíba

  1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.

Paraíba meaning in Arabic

Paraíba in Arabic

a state in north-eastern Brazil
بَارَايْبَا bārāybā

Origin of Paraíba

From Portuguese Paraíba, from Old Tupi pa'ra a'íba (“bad for navigation”).

Words formed from Paraíba

Questions about Paraíba

What does Paraíba mean?
Paraíba means a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.
What is Paraíba in Arabic?
Paraíba in Arabic is بَارَايْبَا (bārāybā). See Paraíba meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Paraíba?
Paraíba is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Paraíba?
Paraíba is pronounced /pɑːɹaɪˈiːbə/.

Words near Paraíba in the dictionary

  1. parazones
  2. parazonia
  3. parazonium
  4. parazygantral
  5. parazygosphenal
  6. Paraíba
  7. Paraíso de Osorio
  8. Parañaque
  9. parbake
  10. parbaked
  11. parbakes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Paraíba (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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