Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun recife
1 sense of recife
Sense 1
Recife, Pernambuco -- (a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic)
INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")
INSTANCE OF=> port -- (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)