Moacyr, also spelled Moacir, is a Brazilian masculine name of
Tupi origin. According to the Brazilian philologist
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, it means "regret", "repentance".
It can refer to:
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Moacir Barbosa Nascimento
Moacir Barbosa do Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years. He was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s, and w ...
(1921–2000), nicknamed Barbosa, Brazilian footballer
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Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva (born 1936), nicknamed Moacir or Moacyr, Brazilian former footballer
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Moacir Costa da Silva (born 1986), nicknamed Moacir, Brazilian footballer
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Moacyr Brondi Daiuto (1915–1994), Brazilian basketball coach
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Moacyr Filho Domingos Demiquei (born 1981), nicknamed Moacyr Filho or Nenê, Brazilian footballer
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Moacyr Grechi OSM (1936–2019), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
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Moacyr José Vitti CSS (1940–2014), Roman Catholic archbishop
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Moacyr Scliar
Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil.
Scliar is best known outside Brazil ...
(1937–2011), Brazilian writer and physician
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