Teresina

[ ti-ri-zee-nah ]

noun

1. a port in northeastern Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.

Teresina

/ tereˈzina /

noun

1. an inland port in NE Brazil, capital of Piauí state, on the Parnaíba River: chief commercial centre of the Parnaíba valley. Pop: 895 000 (2005 est) Former nameTherezina

Example Sentences

“It’s the potato and the quinoa, the corn and the passion fruit, the sweet potato and the yucca. It’s the Spanish cuisine, which was also Middle Eastern … It’s the blend of Chinese, Japanese and Italian cuisines due to migrations,” said Teresina Muñoz-Najar, a journalist and author of cookbooks on Peruvian cuisine.

From Washington Times

About three inches of rain fell Thursday night in the Piaui state capital of Teresina, flooding a neighborhood and killing three.

From Washington Post

And then there’s Teresina Vasco, who died in 1913 at age 2.

From Washington Post

Crisnando Lima, 26, a gay design student in the city of Teresina said he was walking to his local supermarket on Sunday when two men grabbed him and said: “When Bolsonaro wins, we will start beating up gays.”

From The Guardian

One street in a working-class neighbourhood in Teresina, in the north-eastern state of Piauí has even been painted in the light blue and white of Messi’s team – the equivalent of a Halifax road being decorated in Germany’s white, black, red and yellow.

From The Guardian