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pororoca

pororoca noun: a tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.

Noun

pororoca (plural pororocas)

  1. A tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.

Forms of pororoca

pluralpororocas
alternative formpiroróco

Origin of pororoca

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pororoca.

Questions about pororoca

What does pororoca mean?
Pororoca means a tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.
What part of speech is pororoca?
Pororoca is a noun.
What is the plural of pororoca?
The plural of pororoca is pororocas.

Words near pororoca in the dictionary

  1. Poropat
  2. poroperm
  3. porophore
  4. porophores
  5. poroporo
  6. pororoca
  7. pororocas
  8. poroscope
  9. poroscopes
  10. poroscopic
  11. poroscopy

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