Iracema
Joins Tupi eíra, "honey", and tembé, "lip", to give something close to "honey lips".
Meaning and origin
Iracema owes its place in Brazilian naming to José de Alencar's 1865 novel of the same title, which follows a Tupi woman's romance with a Portuguese settler in early colonial Brazil; readers have long pointed out that…
How to pronounce Iracema
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ee-rah-SEH-mah /iɾaˈsemɐ/ |
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