Alcobaça

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُبَّةَ (al-qubbata, dome).[1] The Brazilian city is named after the Portuguese city of Alcobaça, Leiria.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Hyphenation: Al‧co‧ba‧ça
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)

Proper noun

Alcobaça f

  1. a toponym indicating the presence of a building with a dome:
    1. A city and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal;
    2. A place in Fiães parish, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal.
  2. A city and municipality of Bahia, Brazil.

Usage notes

Alcobaça is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Alcobaça”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024