葡萄牙

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Chinese

grape; to be jealous; to envy tooth; ivory
trad. (葡萄牙) 葡萄 牙
simp. #(葡萄牙) 葡萄 牙

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Portuguese Portugal, possibly via Hokkien 葡萄牙 (Phû-tô-gâ). Attested in 海國聞見錄 by Chen Lunjiong (陳倫烱).

The selection of 葡萄 (“grape”) in the phonetic transcription alludes to the importance of viniculture to the early Portuguese missionaries to China, who used grapes to make sacramental wine (葡萄酒).

Compare 西班牙 (Xībānyá, “Spain”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

葡萄牙

  1. Portugal (a country in Europe)

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Sino-Xenic (葡萄牙):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葡 萄 牙
ぽる
Jinmeiyō 		と
Jinmeiyō 		がる
Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá)

Proper noun

葡萄牙(ポルトガル) • (Porutogaru) 

  1. Obsolete spelling of ポルトガル (“Portugal”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
葡萄牙

Proper noun

葡萄牙 • (Podoa) (hangeul 포도아)

  1. hanja form? of 포도아 (“Portugal (obsolete)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
葡萄牙

Proper noun

葡萄牙

  1. chữ Hán form of Bồ Đào Nha (“Portugal”).
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