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English
Etymology
From Portuguese Horta.
Proper noun
Horta
- A municipality and city on Faial island, Azores, Portugal.
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Catalan
Proper noun
Horta f
- A neighborhood of Barcelona
Further reading
French
Proper noun
Horta ?
- a surname
- Victor Horta, b. 1861
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from Etruscan 𐌇𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌀 (hurta).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Horta f sg (genitive Hortae); first declension
- A town in Etruria, in modern-day Italy, situated on the right bank of the Tiber; now Orte.
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Horta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Horta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Named after Josse van Huerter, probably with influence from horta.
Proper noun
Horta f
- Horta (a municipality and city on Faial island, Azores, Portugal)
- Cidade da Horta ― City of Horta
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Horta m or f by sense
- a surname