REGIÕES
- REGIONS
In Portuguese, just like in English, there are some suffixes used to nationalities. There is no need of writing them in capital letter, unless they start a sentence. We use Nacionalidade to refer to the country the person was born, and Naturalidade to refer to the city or state the person was born. Here are some of them.
Ense |
amazonense, manauense |
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Ano |
americano, italiano |
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Ês |
português, polonês |
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Ino |
belo horizontino, bragantino, londrino |
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Ista |
santista, paulista |
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Ão |
alemão |
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Ita |
israelita, vietinamita |
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Enho |
hondurenho, salvadorenho |
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EIRO |
brasileiro, mineiro |
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CURIOSITY:
In the case of EIRO, it is a very unusual termination for nationalities. Its origin comes from someone being a hard-working person. They say back in colony time, the Portuguese referred to Brazilians as BRASILEIRO because they were the work force there. Same thing goes for miners, in Portuguese, MINEIRO, same way we call people from Minas Gerais. It is a state with many sorts of mines and workers there were miners, therefore the termination used.
Região |
Estado |
Capital |
Natural de |
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NORTE |
ACRE |
RIO BRANCO |
ACRIANO |
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NORTE |
RONDÔNIA |
PORTO VELHO |
RONDONENSE |
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NORTE |
AMAZONAS |
MANAUS |
AMAZONENSE |
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NORTE |
RORAIMA |
BOA VISTA |
RORAIMENSE |
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NORTE |
PARÁ |
BELÉM |
PARAENSE |
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NORTE |
AMAPÁ |
MACAPÁ |
AMAPAENSE |
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NORTE |
TOCANTINS |
PALMAS |
TOCANTINENSE |
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NORDESTE |
MARANHÃO |
SÃO LUIS |
MARANHENSE |
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NORDESTE |
PIAUI |
TERESINA |
PIAUENSE |
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NORDESTE |
CEARÁ |
FORTALEZA |
CEARENSE |
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NORDESTE |
BAHIA |
SALVADOR |
BAHIANO |
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NORDESTE |
RIO GRANDE DO NORTE |
NATAL |
POTIGUAR |
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NORDESTE |
PARAÍBA |
JOÃO PESSOA |
PARAIBANO |
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NORDESTE |
PERNAMBUCO |
RECIFE |
PERNAMBUCANO |
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NORDESTE |
ALAGOAS |
MACEIÓ |
ALAGOANO |
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NORDESTE |
SERGIPE |
ARACAJÚ |
SERGIPANO |
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CENTRO-OESTE |
MATO GROSSO |
CUIABÁ |
MATO GROSSENSE |
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CENTRO-OESTE |
MATO GROSSO DO SUL |
CAMPO GRANDE |
MATO GROSSENSE DO SUL |
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CENTRO-OESTE |
GOIÁS |
GOIÂNIA |
GOIANO |
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CENTRO-OESTE |
DISTRITO FEDERAL |
BRASÍLIA |
BRASILIENSE |
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SUDESTE |
MINAS GERAIS |
BELO HORIZONTE |
MINEIRO |
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SUDESTE |
ESPIRITO SANTO |
VITÓRIA |
CAPIXABA |
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SUDESTE |
RIO DE JANEIRO |
RIO DE JANEIRO |
FLUMINENSE (CARIOCA) |
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SUDESTE |
SÃO PAULO |
SÃO PAULO |
PAULISTA |
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SUL |
PARANÁ |
CURITIBA |
PARANAENSE |
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SUL |
SANTA CATARINA |
FLORIANÓPOLIS |
CATARINENSE |
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SUL |
RIO GRANDE DO SUL |
PORTO ALEGRE |
GAÚCHO |
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