European Descent

The proper name of the state is of aboriginal origin, even so glamour of the European descent still persists in the way of many families of Portuguese, French, dutch, English, Italian, Spanish origin and other origins. Exactly the Arab marks have its charm, what it does not occur with the remainders of aboriginals and Africans. As in this study, the object is to deal with antecedents and historical of the city of Parnamirim, it searched to show to all the politician-economic and sociocultural relations that, of some form have contributed for the formation of a society, having considered the approach of the social history of the communities (BURKE, 2008). The aboriginal toponymy tupi in the states and cities of Brazil is the registered mark of the aboriginal historiografia and interests the sociolingstica its study, considering the aboriginal group as important element in the formation of the Brazilian society. Thus, some aboriginal vocbulos Tupi are incorporated the Toponymy of the Portuguese Language of Brazil, in names of States, Cities and Rivers of Brazil, since century XVI.

Examples: Amap, (Been of the region north) according to some scholars, ama' comes from tupi; Par, tree of the Apocynaceae family, Hancornia amapa, amap, very abundant in the region. Ananindeua (city of the region metropolitan of Par) Acegu (aboriginal name of the Rio Grande Do Sul): it comes of asy (moon) + k (hole) = Valley of the moon. Hole of the moon. Aracaju (Capital of Sergipe): It has studious that they give timo tupi air (to be born) and ka' yu (cajueiro). Others say that the name also comes of tupi a' frog aka' yu (cajueiro of the parrots), being this last more accepted form. Araatuba (city of the interior of the state of So Paulo): Araatuba comes of arrack (small fruit similar to goiaba)? tyba (abundance) I besiege, it of arracks, land of Arracks, name given in virtue of the abundance of a called plant Arrack, that produces a fruit of adocicado flavor that predominated in the region.