Portugal

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See also: portugál, Portúgal, and Portugāl

English

Map of Portugal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus + Callus, which is disputed:

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

Quotations

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Translations

Noun

Portugal (plural Portugals)

  1. (now rare) A Portuguese person.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book I, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:
      Some became Christians, from whose faith and race, even at this day (for it is an hundred yeares since) few Portugalls assure themselves; although custome and length of time be much more forcible counsellors unto such mutations than any other compulsion.

See also

References

  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal inan

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Declension

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Further reading

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Portugal. Also from Portuguese Portugal, from Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
  2. a surname from Spanish or Portuguese
  3. a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Portugal.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Portugal.

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Portugal.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

References

  • Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal

Noun

Portugal m anim (female equivalent Portugalka)

  1. (obsolete) Portuguese (person)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Portugal”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Portugal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

See also

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal n (adjective Portugees, demonym Portugees m or Portugese f)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

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Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal (genitive Portugali, partitive Portugali)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Declension

Declension of Portugal (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative Portugal
accusative nom.
gen. Portugali
genitive
partitive Portugali
illative Portugali
Portugalisse
inessive Portugalis
elative Portugalist
allative Portugalile
adessive Portugalil
ablative Portugalilt
translative Portugaliks
terminative Portugalini
essive Portugalina
abessive Portugalita
comitative Portugaliga

See also

References

  • Portugal in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • Portugal”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Franco-Provençal

Franco-Provençal Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frp

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

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Friulian

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal n (proper noun, genitive Portugals or (optionally with an article) Portugal)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • Portugal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal n

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Further reading

Ido

Ido Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia io

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

From Malay Portugal, from Classical Malay ڤورتوڬل (Portugal), from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

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Further reading

Livonian

Livonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia liv

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Declension

Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal n

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal (Jawi spelling ڤورتوݢل)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

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Mezquital Otomi

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
Flag of Portugal

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

(Urban East Norwegian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰùʈʉɡɑːl/

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Occitan

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia oc

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a medieval kingdom in Southern Europe)

Descendants

  • Galician: Portugal
  • Portuguese: Portugal

Portuguese

Portugal

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula; official name: República Portuguesa)

Usage notes

As opposed to most country names in Portuguese, Portugal is normally used without the definite article, e.g.: de Portugal 'from Portugal', em Portugal 'in Portugal', a Portugal 'to Portugal'. However, it does take a definite article when it has a modifier, as in o Portugal do século XIX '19th-century Portugal'. This peculiarity applies to many other coutry and place names such as Angola, Moçambique, Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe, Essuatíni, Macau, Timor-Leste, Andorra, Israel, Aragão, Castela or Leão, as well as to most city names.

Derived terms

Descendants

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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôrtuɡal/
  • Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal

Proper noun

Pȍrtugal m (Cyrillic spelling По̏ртугал)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Declension

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal m

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugal n (genitive Portugals)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

See also

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Portugal (Portugal).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portugál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜎ᜔)

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
    • 1949, Sa kapakanaan ng kapayapaan at kaunlarang pandaigdig:
      Ang mga bansang naunang lumagda sa kasunduang ito ay ang Estados Unidos, Kanada, Inglatera, Pransiya, Olanda, Belhika, Norwega, Luksemburgo, Italya, Dinamarka, Islandiya at Portugal.
      The first countries to sign this treaty were the United States, Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Denmark, Iceland and Portugal.

Proper noun

Portugál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜎ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish deriving from the name of the country

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Portugal is the 1,530th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,025 individuals.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)

Yucatec Maya

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)