Pernambuco

Meanings

Proper Noun

• state Northeast Region (region) Brazil (country)

Noun

• A hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata (species), used to make violin bows.

Origin

• Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
• file:Brazil State Pernambuco.svg|thumb|the Brazil state of Pernambuco