Editing Roraima (section)

== Etymology ==
The word "{{lang|aoc|Roraima}}" comes from the [[Pemon language]]. Its etymology gives it three possible meanings: "Green Peak", "Mother of the Winds" and "Cashew Mountain".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roraima: The paradise of the far north|url=http://www.wonderamazon.com/estado.php?sigla=rr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201033211/http://www.wonderamazon.com/estado.php?sigla=rr|archive-date=1 February 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=April 8, 2011|website=Wonder Amazon|language=pt}}</ref> It would be the junction of ''roro'' ([[parrot]]) and ''imã'' (father, former).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009|title=Território, Cultura e Regionalismo: Aspectos Geográficos em Símbolos Estaduais Brasileiros|url=http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/brc/33004137004P0/2009/berg_tj_me_rcla.pdf|access-date=February 14, 2016|publisher=Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) and Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences Campus of Rio Claro|language=pt}}</ref> In that language, {{lang|aoc|roro}}- or also {{lang|aoc|rora}}- means "green", and {{lang|aoc|imã}} means mountain or peak, thus forming the word "Green Peak", reflecting the natural landscape of that specific region.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Estados brasileiros da Região Norte - Origem dos nomes|url=http://www.fernandodannemann.recantodasletras.com.br/visualizar.php?idt=521436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823073346/http://www.fernandodannemann.recantodasletras.com.br/visualizar.php?idt=521436|archive-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=February 14, 2016|publisher=Fernando Dannemann|language=pt}}</ref>

There is a possibility that the word "Roraima" has two other meanings: "Mother of the Winds" and "Cashew Mountain". The first meaning comes from the windy climate in the region, where indigenous people believed that the winds that blew through southern Venezuela came from that place. The second, "Cashew Mountain", is due to the many mountains and hills that exist in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notícias e conteúdos|url=http://www.cursoparaconcursos.com.br/index.php?modulo=eva_conteudo&acao=&subacao=&tipo=exibir&modo=item&it_cod=29232|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706152050/http://www.cursoparaconcursos.com.br/index.php?modulo=eva_conteudo&acao=&subacao=&tipo=exibir&modo=item&it_cod=29232|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=April 20, 2011|publisher=LFG|language=pt}}</ref>