Pernambucoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Pernambuco

1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.

派生語

等位語

Further reading

• Category:Pernambuco on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pernambuco on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Pernambuco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

名詞

Pernambuco (uncountable)

1. The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
   • 1998 July, Strad:

     When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.

   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:

     [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.