Braga

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See also: braga, bragă, Bragă, brága, and Bragą

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Braga, Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.

Proper noun

Braga (countable and uncountable, plural Bragas)

  1. (countable) A surname from Portuguese.
  2. A placename
    1. A city in Braga district, Minho, Norte, Portugal
    2. A district of Minho, Norte, Portugal
    3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Anagrams

Old Norse

Proper noun

Braga m

  1. inflection of Bragi:
    1. accusative
    2. dative
    3. genitive

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Braga

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Braga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbra.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: Bra‧ga

Proper noun

Braga f

  1. Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)
  2. Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)
  3. Braga (a village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Declension

Declension of Braga
singular
nominative Braga
genitive Bragi
dative Bradze
accusative Bragę
instrumental Bragą
locative Bradze
vocative Brago

Further reading

  • Braga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Braga

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari. Doublet of Brácara.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧ga

Proper noun

Braga f

  1. Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)
  2. Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)
  3. A village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Usage notes

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

Descendants

  • English: Braga
  • → Chinese: → 布拉加 (Bùlājiā) (transliteration)

Proper noun

Braga m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

From bragă.

Proper noun

Braga m (genitive/dative lui Braga)

  1. a surname

References

  • Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
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