Moacir, also spelled Moacyr ( or ), is a Brazilian masculine given name of
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 (from de
Tupi–Guarani languages
Tupi–Guarani (/tuːˈpiː ɡwɑˈrɑːni/ /ɡwɑˈɾɑ-/; Tupi-Guarani: uˈpi ɡwaɾaˈni ) is the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America. It consists of about fifty languages, including Guarani and Ol ...
) and a character of the Brazilian novel
Iracema
''Iracema'' (in Portuguese: ''Iracema - A Lenda do Ceará'') is one of the three indigenous novels by José de Alencar. It was first published in 1865. The novel has been adapted into several films.
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Notable people with the name include:
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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 who played as a midfielder or forward.
Early life
Son of railman, Moacir ran away from home and lived for more than ...
(born 1936), nicknamed Moacir or Moacyr, Brazilian former footballer
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Moacir Costa da Silva
Moacir Costa da Silva (born 14 February 1986 in Recife), simply known as Moacir, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Caxias. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a right back.
Club career
Moacir joined Central after bein ...
(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-coa ...
(1915–1994), Brazilian basketball coach
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Moacyr Filho Domingos Demiquei
Moacyr Filho Domingos Demiquei (born 24 October 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left midfielder.
Career
C.D. Necaxa
On 15 August 2010, Moacyr made his debut in the Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras ...
(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
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the worl ...
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 ...
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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