Icaraí

{{Short description|Name of beach and surrounding neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} [[File:Pedra de Itapuca e praia de Icaraí.jpg|thumb|Itapuca stone and Icaraí beach]]

'''Icaraí''' is the name of a beach and its surrounding neighborhood in [[Niterói]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].

The origin of the neighborhood dates back to the parish of São João de Carahy and later, with two large estates, the Icaraí estate and the Cavalão estate.<ref name="Silva 2020">{{Cite book |last=Silva |first=Rafael Freitas da |title=O Rio antes do Rio |publisher=Relicário |year=2020 |isbn=978-65-8627-904-7 |edition=4th |location=Belo Horizonte |language=Portuguese |trans-title=Rio before Rio}}</ref>

The name "Icaraí" comes from an ancient [[Tupinambá people|Tupinambá]] village called {{lang|tpn|[[:Wiktionary:Akara'y#Old Tupi|Akara'y]]}} (recorded as {{lang|frm|Acara-u}} by [[Jean de Léry]]). It means "river of [[Cichlidae|acarás]]", derived from the composition of {{lang|tpn|[[:Wiktionary:akará#Old Tupi|akará]]}} and {{lang|tpn|[[:Wiktionary:'y#Old Tupi|'y]]}}.<ref name="Silva 2020" />

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