Juraci
A Tupi compound of îuru, "mouth", and çy, "mother, origin", without one settled English translation.
Meaning and origin
Juraci is one of several Tupi-based names that spread across Brazil during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when writers and parents alike reached for indigenous words to mark a distinctly Brazilian identity…
How to pronounce Juraci
| Portuguese (Brazil) | zhoo-rah-SEE /ʒuɾaˈsi/ |
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