Ubiratan
A Tupi compound of ybyrá, "wood, spear", and atã, "strong, hard", together read as "strong spear".
Meaning and origin
Ubiratan shares its first element with Ubirajara: the Tupi word ybyrá for wood, or by extension a wooden spear, here paired with atã, "strong".
How to pronounce Ubiratan
| Portuguese (Brazil) | oo-bee-rah-TAHN /ubiɾaˈtɐ̃/ |
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