I. A port of Brazil, in the province of Ceara, on the Rio Jaguaribe, about 10 m. from the sea, lat. 4° 31' S., lon. 37° 48' W.; pop. about 20,000. It has five churches, and a very fine town hall. Its exports are mainly cotton and hides. At the mouth of the river is a dangerous bar. Severe floods occur during the rainy seasons.

II. A river in the same province, flows due N. about 120 m., and enters the Atlantic by two mouths, near Pernam-buquinho, 150 m. X. W. of the town of Aracati.