unimama

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.niˈmɐ̃.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.niˈmɐ̃.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.niˈmɐ.ma/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.niˈmɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.niˈmɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.niˈma.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ, (Portugal) -ɐmɐ
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ma‧ma

Noun

unimama f (plural unimamas)

1. (Greek mythology) Amazon (Each of the women of a community of warriors who, according to Greco-Roman mythology, lived in the coastal regions of the Black Sea.)

Related terms

• amazona

Further reading

• “unimama” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.