Aracaju

Meaning

Proper Noun

municipality, state capital Sergipe (state) Brazil (country)

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Aracaju, from Old Tupi Arákaîu, from ará (“macaw”) + akaîu (“cashew”), thus literally ‘cashew of the macaw(s)’.

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