PERNAMBUCO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pernambuco mean? 

• PERNAMBUCO (noun)
  The noun PERNAMBUCO has 1 sense:

1. a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic

  Familiarity information: PERNAMBUCO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERNAMBUCO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Pernambuco; Recife

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Pernambuco" is a part of...):

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)

 Context examples 

Scientists from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) in Pernambuco discovered a substance that can block Zika virus.

(Brazil scientists discover Zika virus inhibitor, Agência Brasil)

The genome of the Zika virus, collected from mosquitoes of the Culex family, was mapped by scientists at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) in Pernambuco, northern Brazil.

(Brazil scientists find out Culex mosquito can transmit Zika, Agência Brasil)

The biggest problem facing the units affects the state of Pernambuco, more specifically the National Park of Catimbau—which has no headquarters even with the ICMBio.

(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)

Some of the most vulnerable cities include Rio de Janeiro, Santos (São Paulo), Fortaleza (Ceará), Recife (Pernambuco), Salvador (Bahia) and, in Brazil's South region, the Vale do Itajaí region of Santa Catarina, which in addition to the rising sea level, is at risk of becoming a hurricane route.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)

The genome of the Zika virus had already been sequenced in 2016 by the Virology and Experimental Therapy Department of FIOCRUZ in Pernambuco in collaboration with scientists from the University of Glasgow, but human sampling was used back then.

(Brazil scientists find out Culex mosquito can transmit Zika, Agência Brasil)