Bragança

Alternative forms

• Braganza

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia (the Celtic goddess of victory), from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈɡanzə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/
• Rhymes: -ænzə, -ɑːnzə

Proper noun

Bragança

1. A district in northeastern Portugal.
2. A city and municipality of Bragança, Portugal.

Etymology

From Latin Brigantia (the Celtic goddess of victory), from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bɾəˈɡan.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡan.sa/

Proper noun

Bragança f

1. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
2. Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança, Portugal)

Etymology

From Latin Brigantia (the Celtic goddess of victory), from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃sɐ/

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Proper noun

Bragança f

1. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
2. Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança, Portugal)

Proper noun

Bragança m, f

1. A surname​.