Portugal

Alternative forms

• Portugall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Oporto), from portus + Callus, which is disputed:

• From the name of the Gallaeci, a Celtic tribe of Iberia.
• From Latin calidus (“warm”).
• From Ancient Greek Καλλίς (Kallís, “Beautiful”), referring to the Douro valley; see καλός (kalós, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/, /ˈpɔːtjəɡəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Proper noun

Portugal

1. A country in Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic.

Noun

Portugal (plural Portugals)

1. (now rare) A Portuguese person.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , I.40:

     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

• Appendix:Place names in Portugal
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world
• Lusitania

Further reading

• Portugal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal

Proper noun

Portugal m

1. Portugal (country)

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /poɾ.tuˈɡal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pur.tuˈɡal/

Proper noun

Portugal m

1. Portugal

See also

• Lusitània (“Lusitania”)

Noun

Portugal

1. Portugal; a country in Europe
2. a surname​

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrtyɣɑl/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Portugal n

1. Portugal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.ty.ɡal/

Proper noun

Portugal m

1. Portugal

Proper noun

Portugal m

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔɐ̯tuɡal]

Proper noun

Portugal n (genitive Portugals)

1. Portugal

Alternative forms

• Portugāl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /portuɡɑl/

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     Portugal – Portugal – Portugāle

     Portugal – Portugal – Portugal

Etymology

From Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po(r)tuɡal/
• Rhymes: -uɡal, -ɡal, -al

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal

See also

• Portugis

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Proper noun

Portugal

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtuˈɡal/

Proper noun

Portugal

1. (Kingdom of) Portugal.
   • 1214, The will of King Afonso II of Portugal, King Afonso II of Portugal:

     eu rei don afonſo pela gracia de deuſ rei de portugal. ſeendo ſano e ſaluo temẽte o dia de mia morte […]

     I, King Afonso, by the grace of God king of Portugal, being safe and sound, fearing the day of my death […]

   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 224 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria de Terena q̇ e no Reino de Portugal, reſſucitou hũa menỹa morta.

     How Holy Mary of Terena, which is in the Kingdom of Portugal, resurrected a dead girl.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tu.ˈɣaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poχ.tu.ˈɡaw/, /poɾ.tu.ˈɡaw/

Proper noun

Portugal m (gender only indicated by adjectives, see usage note below)

1. Portugal (a country in western Europe)

Further reading

• Portugal on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

• (Bosnian, Serbian): Portùgālija

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pȍrtugal m (Cyrillic spelling По̏ртугал)

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /portuˈɡal/, [port̪uˈɣal]

Proper noun

Portugal m

1. Portugal

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Portugal n (genitive Portugals)

1. Portugal

Etymology

From Spanish Portugal (“Portugal”).

Proper noun

Portugál

1. Portugal

Statistics

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