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

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