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Roraima

/ɹəʊˈɹaɪmə/ · name

Meaning

  1. A large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil
  2. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista.

Etymology / origin

From Portuguese Roraima, from Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix).

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