Ipanema is an Old Tupi term meaning "bad water", i.e. a body of water that is unsuitable to a certain task (from y "water" + panema "barren, contaminated, unhealthy, unlucky"). It can refer to: Places Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil Ipanema, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ipanema, Rio Grande do Sul, a neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil Ipanema River in Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil Conceição de Ipanema, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fazenda Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil, a small settlement near Iperó and Boituva Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema, called in Portuguese Fundição Ipanema, historical ironworks at Fazenda Ipanema Santana do Ipanema, Alagoas, Brazil Ipanema Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil Persons José Antônio Moreira, count of Ipanema José Antônio Moreira Filho, 2nd Baron of Ipanema "The Girl from Ipanema", Brazilian celebrity Heloísa Pinheiro who inspired the eponymous song (see below) Popular culture Ipanema : a British alternative/punk-rock band active between 2002 and 2008, with lead vocalist Darren Brown Banda de Ipanema : a famous carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro Beyond Ipanema : Brazilian Waves in Global Music, a 2009 documentary movie Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland : a 1986 single by The B-52's "The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema) : a bossa nova song written in 1962 Ipanema (album) Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema! : a Japanese tokusatsu program broadcast in 1989. Other aircraft: Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema, an agricultural aircraft from Brazil bat: Ipanema Bat, the New World leaf-nosed bat species Pygoderma bilabiatum company: Ipanema Technologies, a French IT company brand: Ipanema, a Brazilian sandals brand owned by Grendene football club: Ipanema Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club car: Chevrolet Ipanema, the estate version of the 1989 Brazilian Chevrolet Kadett Ipanema (crustacean), a genus of crustaceans in the family Ipanemidae