Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Jacaranda
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Etymology== The name is of [[South American]] (more specifically [[Tupi-Guarani]]) origin either meaning fragrant,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediambient.itineraris.bcn.cat/en/node/259/365|title=Jacaranda mimosifolia - Parcs i Jardins - Itineraris|work=bcn.cat}}</ref> ''y-acã-ratã'' meaning "heartwood"<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio|first=Teodoro|last= Sampaio|url=https://bdor.sibi.ufrj.br/handle/doc/429|title= O tupi na geografia nacional|page=263}}</ref> or ''ya'kãg rã'ta'' "hard-headed".<ref>{{cite website|url=https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/jacaranda |title=jacaranda|website=Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa|publisher=Porto Editora}}</ref> The word ''jacaranda'' was described in ''A supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopædia'', 1st ed., (1753) as "a name given by some authors to the tree the wood of which is the [[logwood|log-wood]], used in dyeing and medicine" and as being of [[Tupi-Guarani]] origin,<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' 2nd Ed. (1989)</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=j&allowed_in_frame=0|title= Jacaranda|publisher= Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=2012-03-07}}</ref> by way of Portuguese.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jacaranda|title= Jacaranda |publisher= Merriam Webster |access-date=2012-03-07}}</ref> Although not consistent with the Guarani source, one common pronunciation of the name in English is given by {{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|æ|k|ə|ˈ|r|æ|n|d|ə}}.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Wells | first1 = John C. | author-link1 = John C. Wells | title = Longman Pronunciation Dictionary | chapter = jacaranda | publisher = Pearson Longman | year = 2009 | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4058-8118-0}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)