Talk:Acre (state)
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[edit] Etymology of the name
There's at least four versions of the origin of the state's name, here in Wikipedia:
- List of Brazil state name etymologies says "from acre, a unit for territorial measurement", which to me seems like the least likely explanation;
- Acre (disambiguation) says it is "named for the Crusader outpost" of Acre, Israel;
- This page says that, in addition to this last theory, "others speculate that it is a corruption of the word Jacarés, the name of a local river ("alligator"); however, historical evidence shows that the name originates from the local native word Aquiri."
Does anyone have any reliable sources so this can be fixed, in all of these pages? Any reference to this "historical evidence"? Of course it would also be interesting to know the meaning of Aquiri.
--Cotoco 22:56, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History
What is the meaning of the word "ecomartyr"?
Jazzman 10:18, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- It seems to mean "someone who died as a martyr for ecological causes". --Cotoco 05:04, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
