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Before the beach in Rio de Janeiro or the Barry Manilow song, the real Copacabana has always been in Bolivia. The name is derived from the Aymara kota kahuana, meaning "view of the lake." The church in Copacabana has a well-known virgin in it, a copy of which was brought to Rio de Janeiro, which is how the beach there got its name.
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Before the beach in Rio de Janeiro or the Barry Manilow song, the real Copacabana has always been in Bolivia. The name is derived from the Aymara kota kahuana, meaning "view of the lake." The church in Copacabana has a well-known virgin in it, a copy of which was brought to Rio de Janeiro, which is how the beach there got its name.