Camboriú is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

of Santa Catarina in the South region of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. It is near

Balneario Camboriu A balneario ( Portuguese spelling: balneário) is an Iberian and Ibero American resort town, typically a seaside resort, and less commonly along the shores of lakes and rivers or next to hot springs. In Spain, balneario typically only refers to sp ...

, a popular beach destination.

Toponym

The toponym "Camboriú" is a reference to the

Camboriú River The Camboriú River is a river of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Santa Catarina References Map
from Ministry of Transport (Brazil), Ministry of Transport Rivers of Santa Cata ...

. The name originates from the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ...

, meaning "river of the

common snook The common snook (''Centropomus undecimalis'') is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was originally assigned to the sciaenid genus ' ...

", from ''kamuri'' (snook) and '''y'' (river). Another hypothesis is that the

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

origin was inspired by the relief of the Pedra Branca, a hill that resembles a female breast and is visible from several points in the municipality. According to Patrianova, in ''Pequeno Livro'', Cambu means "to nurse", and Ryry, Ruru or Riú means nursing container, i.e. breast.

Climate

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Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub