Setúbal
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See also: Setubal
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Setúbal.
Proper noun
Setúbal
- A city and municipality of Portugal.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شِطُوبَر (šiṭūbar), from Latin Caetobriga,[1] composed by a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia element and Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”).[2] Doublet of Cetóbriga.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Setúbal
- Setúbal (a district in central Portugal)
- Setúbal (a city and municipality, the district capital of Setúbal district, Portugal)
Usage notes
Setúbal is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Related terms
Proper noun
Setúbal m or f by sense
- a surname
References
- ^ “Setúbal”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ 'O nome de Setúbal (Portugal) na época romana' in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa]