“Naturalidade” means where someone is from in Brazil, either referring to the state or city of origin. Just as we would refer to people from New York City as “New Yorkers” and people from Texas as “Texans,” Brazilians define people by exactly where they’re from. Note that naturalidades<\/i> are written in lower case letters.<\/p>\n
Let’s look at the Northeast region today.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Bahia<\/b> is called baiano<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Salvador<\/b> is called salvadorense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Sergipe<\/b> is called sergipano<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Aracaj\u00fa<\/b> is called aracajuano<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Alagoas<\/b> is called alagoano<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Macei\u00f3<\/b> is called maceionense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Pernambuco<\/b> is called pernambucano<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Recife<\/b> is called recifense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Para\u00edba<\/b> is called paraibano<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Jo\u00e3o Pessoa<\/b> is called pessoense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Cear\u00e1<\/b> is called cearense<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Fortaleza<\/b> is called fortalezense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Piau\u00ed<\/b> is called piauiense<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Teresina<\/b> is called teresinense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Maranh\u00e3o<\/b> is called maranhense<\/i>, and a person from the capital of S\u00e3o Luis<\/b> is called s\u00e3o-luisense<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A person from the state of Rio Grande do Norte<\/b> is called portiguar<\/i> or norte-rio-grandense<\/i>, and a person from the capital of Natal<\/b> is called natalense<\/i> or papa-jerimum<\/i>. Portiguar<\/i> means shrimp in the indigenous Tupi language, and papa-jerimum<\/i> comes from a traditional fish dish from Natal called pir\u00e3o de jerimum<\/i>, which is Tupi as well.<\/p>\n
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Here’s how you use the naturalidades<\/i>:<\/p>\n
Um paraibano est\u00e1<\/i> na foto encima<\/i>. A man from Para\u00edba is in the picture above.
\nO baiano casou com a maranhense<\/i>. The man from Bahia married the woman from Maranh\u00e3o.<\/p>\n
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“Naturalidade” means where someone is from in Brazil, either referring to the state or city of origin. Just as we would refer to people from New York City as “New Yorkers” and people from Texas as “Texans,” Brazilians define people by exactly where they’re from. Note that naturalidades are written in lower case letters. Let’s…<\/p>\n