Moacyr, also spelled Moacir, is a Brazilian masculine name of
Tupi Tupi may refer to:
* Tupi people of Brazil
* Tupi or Tupian languages, spoken in South America
** Tupi language, an extinct Tupian language spoken by the Tupi people
* Tupi oil field off the coast of Brazil
* Tupi Paulista, a Brazilian municipalit ...
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
Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva (born 18 May 1936 in São Paulo), nicknamed Moacir or Moacyr, is a Brazilian former footballer.
Early life
Son of railman, Moacir ran away from home and lived for more than ten years in an orphanage in Osasco.
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(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
Moacyr Brondi Daiuto, commonly known as Moacyr Daiuto (July 19, 1915 – 1994) was a Brazilian basketball coach, who guided the men's national team to the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. As an assistant-coac ...
(1915–1994), Brazilian basketball coach
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Moacyr Filho Domingos Demiquei
Moacyr Filho Domingos Demiquei (born 24 October 1981 in Rio Pardo, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who play as central midfielder or left midfielder.
Career
C.D. Necaxa
On 15 August 2010, Moacyr made his debut in the Liga Nacional de Fut ...
(born 1981), nicknamed Moacyr Filho or Nenê, Brazilian footballer
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Moacyr Grechi
Moacyr Grechi (19 January 1936 – 17 June 2019) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Career
Grechi was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He served as bishop-prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Acre and Pur ...
OSM (1936–2019), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
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Moacyr José Vitti
Moacyr José Vitti (November 30, 1940 – June 26, 2014) was a Catholic archbishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1967, Vitti was named titular bishop of ''Sita'' and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba, Brazil in ...
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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