Aguaí

See also: aguai and aguaí

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Tupi agûaí, clipping of *mboîagûaí (“rattlesnake”). The city was known as Cascavel until 1944, when it was changed to the current name.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡwaˈi/

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: A‧gua‧í

Proper noun

Aguaí f

  1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

References
  1. Ednilson Caneschi, editor (2011), “História de Aguaí”, in Câmara Municipal de Aguaí (in Portuguese)
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