English Explanatory Dictionary

Fernando de Noronha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of, and belonging to, Brazil.
  2. The largest island of the above archipelago.
  3. A district of Pernambuco, Brazil, encompassing the Fernando de Noronha archipelago as well as the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks further to the north-northeast.

Pronunciation

/fəɹˈnæn.du di nəˈɹoʊn.hæ/

Word forms

Fernando de Noronha

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Fernando de Noronha.

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