This is the 3979th most frequent Portuguese word.
juruá
"Juruá" refers to a non-Indigenous person or outsider, often used by Amazonian Indigenous groups in Brazil.
The word 'juruá' is utilized to denote an external individual or settler in a historical context.
Na história, o juruá veio em busca de riquezas naturais.
In history, the juruá came in search of natural riches.
Here, 'juruá' is used to mean foreigner, specifically someone outside the indigenous culture.
Os indígenas chamam os estrangeiros de juruás.
Indigenous people call foreigners juruás.
In this sentence, the word 'juruá' is referred to abstractly, discussing its etymology and origin.