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Itapuca stone and Icaraí beach

Icaraí is the name of a beach and its surrounding neighborhood in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The origin of the neighborhood dates back to the parish of São João de Carahy and later, with two large estates, the Icaraí estate and the Cavalão estate.

The name "Icaraí" comes from an ancient Tupinambá village called Akara'ycode: tpw is deprecated (recorded as Acara-u by Jean de Léry). It means "river of acarás", derived from the composition of akarácode: tpw is deprecated and 'ycode: tpw is deprecated .

References

  1. ^ Silva, Rafael Freitas da (2020). O Rio antes do Rio [Rio before Rio] (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Belo Horizonte: Relicário. ISBN 978-65-8627-904-7.

22°54′26″S 43°06′37″W / 22.90725°S 43.11018°W / -22.90725; -43.11018


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