Little Rock
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See also: Littlerock
English
Etymology
Derived from a rock formation on the Arkansas River, where the city is located, called the "Little Rock", which was used by early river traffic as a landmark. It is also a calque of French La Petite-Roche, the original name of the rock formation.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- The capital city of Arkansas, United States, and county seat of Pulaski County.
Derived terms
Translations
the capital of the US state of Arkansas
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Little Rock.
Proper noun
- Little Rock (a city, the state capital of Arkansas, United States)
Categories:
- English terms calqued from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:State capitals of the United States
- en:County seats of Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese multiword terms
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- pt:Cities in the United States
- pt:State capitals of the United States
- pt:Places in Arkansas, USA
- pt:Places in the United States