Braganza

Proper noun

Braganza

1. Alternative spelling of Bragança

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

• IPA^(key): /braˈɡan.tsa/
• Rhymes: -antsa
• Hyphenation: Bra‧gàn‧za

Proper noun

Braganza f

1. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
2. Bragança (a city in 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

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡanθa/, [bɾaˈɣãn̟θa]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡansa/, [bɾaˈɣãnsa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Hyphenation: Bra‧gan‧za

Proper noun

Braganza f

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