cananeia
Portuguese, noun/ka.naˈnɛj.ɐ/
cananeia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of cananeu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cananeu. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo”.
What does cananeia mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cananeu
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of cananeu
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cananeia
- cananeias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cananeia?
- Brazil /ka.naˈnɛj.ɐ/
- Brazil [ka.naˈnɛɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.nɐˈnɐj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cananeia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cananeia in Portuguese?
cananeia appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).