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Beached vs Copacabana - What's the difference?

beached | copacabana |

As an adjective beached

is having a beach or beached can be run or brought ashore.

As a verb beached

is (beach).

As a proper noun copacabana is

the main beach in rio de janeiro.

beached

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a beach.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare
    • The beached verge of the salt flood.

    Etymology 2

    See (beach) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (beach)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Run or brought ashore
    • It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.
  • Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach
    • a beached whale
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    copacabana

    English

    (wikipedia Copacabana)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • the main beach in Rio de Janeiro
  • (figuratively) a beached area known for partying.
  • :2007 , The Times - Sand storm - Plans to turn Birmingham into St Tropez have gone awry
  • ::just as it was when the city was run by the great Victorian, Joseph Chamberlain, whose square will be turned into the Copacabana of the West Midlands.