Talk:Acre (state)

Vandalism

Please revert to the Garamond Lethe revision, vandalised article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.194.43.111 (talk) 06:09, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Geography section has been vandalised.

Introduction of the text was vandalized again, saying "Acre is a non-existing place located in the northern region of Brazil". Corrected to "state".

Etymology of the name

There's at least four versions of the origin of the state's name, here in Wikipedia:

• List of Brazil state name etymologies says "from acre, a unit for territorial measurement", which to me seems like the least likely explanation;
• Acre (disambiguation) says it is "named for the Crusader outpost" of Acre, Israel;
• This page says that, in addition to this last theory, "others speculate that it is a corruption of the word Jacarés, the name of a local river ("alligator"); however, historical evidence shows that the name originates from the local native word Aquiri."

Does anyone have any reliable sources so this can be fixed, in all of these pages? Any reference to this "historical evidence"? Of course it would also be interesting to know the meaning of Aquiri.

--Cotoco 22:56, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

History

What is the meaning of the word "ecomartyr"?
Jazzman 10:18, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

It seems to mean "someone who died as a martyr for ecological causes". --Cotoco 05:04, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Citation needed?

", located in the north-western part of the country[citation needed]. " Um, what? Do we really need a citation for what can be seen on a map?Ordinary Person (talk) 14:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I suspect that Manuel Urbano da Encarnação was an "indigen" and not an "Indian".
The use of "Indian" is probably misleading, specially when capitalized, leading to think about "someone born in India" (the country).
It should be used "indigen" (a noun) or "indigenous" (adjective) instead.
Frgomes (talk) 03:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

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Geography

Surely the last paragraph, about the importance of the Amazon rain forest - belongs in an article about the Amazon rain forest? It has very little relevance to Acre itself, and provides no useful information. In can almost be viewed as a piece of activism, though of course what is stated, is not wrong. It's just totally irrelevant here. 84.213.53.15 (talk) 06:11, 10 June 2023 (UTC)