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Coco also means "skull". [4] The words cocuruto in Portuguese and cocorota in Spanish both means "the crown of the head" or "the highest place" [5] and with the same etymology in Galicia, crouca means "head", [6] from proto-Celtic *krowkā-, [7] with variant cróca; [8] and either coco or cuca means "head" in both Portuguese and Galician. [9]
Pages in category "Portuguese folklore" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Coco (folklore) D. Duende; E. Enchanted Moura; J. João ...
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The Coco River (Portuguese: Rio do Coco) is a river of Tocantins state in central Brazil. It is a tributary of the Araguaia River and forms part of the Tocantins basin.
The Taro Revolt (Portuguese: Revolta dos Inhames), or the Taro Mutiny (Portuguese: Motim dos Inhames), is the name given to the 17th-century peasant conflicts that occurred on the island of São Jorge—particularly the municipality of Calheta, in the parishes of Ribeira Seca and Norte Pequeno—in protest to the annual payment of tithes for the production of taro, a green-stalk plant whose ...
At the same time, Portugal's loss of Brazil, a major source of agricultural exports including cocoa, prompted the Portuguese to shift their cocoa production to São Tomé and Príncipe. From 1905 to 1911, São Tomé and Príncipe produced and exported more cocoa than anywhere else in the world, earning it the nickname "the Chocolate Islands".
In Portuguese, it is known simply as taro, as well as inhame, inhame-coco, taioba, taiova, taioba-de-são-tomé or matabala; [13] [14] in Spanish, it is called malanga. [15] [16] In the Philippines, the whole plant is usually referred to as gabi, while the corm is called taro.
The Cocó Ecological Park (Portuguese: Parque Ecológico do Cocó) is an area on the Rio Cocó that serves as a conservation area and state park. It is located in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, considered of great importance, both for the city, and for the biodiversity that is protected within its borders.