Today, we’ll take a look at round two of naturalidades, which describe exactly where a person is from in Brazil, based on the city or state. These are important to learn because although Brazilians are quite patriotic, they tend to identify most with the city they grew up in, and introduce themselves as Americans would, as a Californian or a Bostonian.

So, let’s examine the Northern Region.

A person from the state of Tocantins is called tocantinense, and a person from the capital of Palmas is called palmense.

A person from the state of Pará is called paraense, and a person from the capital of Belém is called belenense.

A person from the state of Amapá is called amapaense, and a person from the capital of Macapá is called macapaense.

A person from the state of Amazonas is called amazonense, and a person from the capital of Manaus is called manaura or manauense.

A person from the state of Acre is called acreano, and a person from the capital of Rio Branco is called rio-branquense.

A person from the state of Roraima is called roraimense, and a person from the capital of Boa Vista is called boa-vistense or macuxi. The Macuxi are actually an indigenous tribe that lives in the Roraima region, but the name has also been adopted to refer to any person from the capital city of Roraima.

Examples:

A india na foto é amazonense. The Indian girl in the photo is from the state of Amazonas.
O acreano cresceu na capital do estado, o Rio Branco. The man from Acre grew up in the state capital of Rio Branco.

Don’t forget that naturalidades are lower case!