muiraquitã
Portuguese, noun/muj.ɾa.kiˈtɐ̃/
muiraquitã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the name given to various types of old artefacts of Amazonian origin, carved in stone or wood, and representing animals or people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome dado a vários tipos de artefatos de origem amazônica, tipicamente carvados em pedra ou madeira, e…”.
What does muiraquitã mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinethe name given to various types of old artefacts of Amazonian origin, carved in stone or wood, and representing animals or people
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome dado a vários tipos de artefatos de origem amazônica, tipicamente carvados em pedra ou madeira, e representando animais ou pessoas
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 muiraquitã
- muiraquitãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muiraquitã?
- Brazil /muj.ɾa.kiˈtɐ̃/
- Brazil [muɪ̯.ɾa.kiˈtɐ̃]
- Portugal /muj.ɾɐ.kiˈtɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muiraquitã in Portuguese?
muiraquitã appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).