Thread: Cool names

A lot of the cities and villages in Brazil have cool names with interesting meanings. Which name do you like best?

I like the name of Salvador which is the capital of Bahia state. The meaning
of the name is "Holy Savior of All Saints' Bay".

I like Sao Paolo. Dont know the meaning but the name seem like very unique for me. Does anyone here can give a meaning for this name?

Hey basu06 count me in , even i love the name Salvador.

Originally Posted by nuaeman

I like Sao Paolo. Dont know the meaning but the name seem like very unique for me. Does anyone here can give a meaning for this name?

The meaning of the name of Sao Paolo is " Saint Paul". Sao Paolo is the Portuguese for Saint Paul .

I see, how does the place gets its name? I know about Saint Paul being one of the apostles.

i feel belo horizonte and paulista are very cool.

Same with ankuranks I also like Belo Horizonte which is Portuguese for beautiful horizon. Nice city as well. Lots of contemporary architecture.

How about Porto Alegre, what does this mean? I also like the way Brazil cities are named. This is an interesting thread

Porto Alegre is Portuguese for Joyous Port. It's the 10th largest city in Brazil.

Ah, I see. How do you know all those things rebster? If it is ok for you, how about having a new thread having a list of the cities of Brazil with the English meaning beside it? What do you think?

I Googled it. hehe
That's a good idea for a new thread. Why don't you start it?

Originally Posted by basu06

I like the name of Salvador which is the capital of Bahia state. The meaning
of the name is "Holy Savior of All Saints' Bay".

Wow! That was interesting! :-)

Originally Posted by nuaeman

I see, how does the place gets its name? I know about Saint Paul being one of the apostles.

"The name means Saint Paul in Portuguese, as it was founded in 1554, on the Catholic feast of the Conversion of Paul, the Apostle, on January 25."

Source: Wikipedia

Rio de Janeiro - River of January


I was born on January...

São Paulo!!! The city that never sleeps.... restaurants, markets, bars, clubs 24/7!!!

All kinds of foods, styles, amusement parks, museum, zoo, safari zoo, parks etc.
Those who comes to SP have to go to '_CHURRASCARIAS_'.... all the best meat you can eat for about R$20,00...

What about Francisco Beltrao? The meaning?

It's just a name.... like Frank Smith...

I Like Sao Paulo because it represents St. Paul, which is a Saint in the Roman Catholic religion.

Most of the names of states, cities, districts, and streets are very correlated to the indians culture who have had lived in Brazil, when Portugueses have colonized Brazil. Most of these names are in Tupi Guarany, the main language spoken by those indians. Therefore, names such as Amazonas, Sergipe, Manaus, Ipanema, Copacabana, Maceió, Guaratinguetá, etc are native indian names.