Pao de Acucar

Prior to the mid-nineteenth century sugar syrup was poured into moulds. When the syrup cooled and solidified the mould was removed, leaving a block of sugar that looked like the shape of the mountain.

It has also been suggested that the name may also have indigenous origins. The Tupi-Guarani people, in whose ancestral country the peak is located, call a high hill aPau-nh-Acuqua.