Teresina

American  

[ti-ri-zee-nah] / tɪ rɪˈzi nɑ /

noun

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

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Teresina British  

/ tereˈzina /

noun

1. Former name: Therezina.  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)

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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

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

From Washington Post

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

In the small group of people waiting on the dock at Fort Mason, there’s only one woman who could be Teresina Capone.

From Literature

Based on their findings, the researchers suspect that the area where the fossils were discovered — near the city of Teresina — had a lake and wetland environment.

From New York Times