# Ceará

Pronunciation: say "say-uh-RAH" /seɪ.əˈɹɑː/

## Proper noun

1. A state in the Northeast Region of Brazil, with its capital at Fortaleza.
   - Simple: A state in the northeast of Brazil. Its capital is the city of Fortaleza.
   - _A long drought hit Ceará hard, forcing many families to leave the dry interior._
   - _Fortaleza, the largest city in Ceará, sits along a stretch of palm-lined coastline._

## Origin

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ceará.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cear%C3%A1 (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).