Complete Definition of "Portugal"

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English

Alternative spellings
Portugall obsolete

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

Proper noun
Portugal

  1. Country in Europe. Member state of the European Union. Official name: Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa).
  2. obsolete A Portuguese person.

Translations
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Amharic: ����� (Portug�l)
Arabic: ARchar|ا�برتغا� (al-Burtuġ�l)
Armenian: Õ�Õ¸Ö�Õ¿Õ¸Ö�Õ£Õ¡Õ¬Õ«Õ¡ (Portougalia)
Belarusian: �а���гал�� (Partugálija) f
Bengali: পর�ত��াল
Bosnian: Portugal#Bosnian|Portugal m, Portugalija f
Breton: Portugal m
Catalan: Portugal
Chinese: ��� (Pútàoyá)
Czech: Portugalsko n
Croatian: Portugal
Danish: Portugal
Dhivehi: �ޯ�ު�ަ�ް (P�tugal)
Dutch: Portugal
Esperanto: Portugalio, Portugalujo
Estonian: Portugal
Finnish: Portugali
French: Portugal m
Georgian: ���������� (portugalia)
German: Portugal n
Greek: Πο��ογαλία (Portogalía) f
Hebrew: פ�ר���� (portogal)
Hindi: प�र���य��ाल (Por�yug�l), प�र�त�ाल (Purtag�l)
Hungarian: Portugália
Indonesian: Portugal
Interlingua: Portugal
Irish: an Phortaingéil f
Italian: Portogallo m
Japanese: �����, ��� (Porutogaru)
Korean: �르�� (Poreutugal)
Kurdish: Portekîz
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Latin: Lusitania, Portugallia, Portus Cale
Latvian: Portug�le f
Livonian: Portug�l
Maldivian: Furethakal
Maltese: Portugall
Maori: Potukara
Norwegian: #Norwegian|Portugal
Panjabi: ਪ�ਰ�ਤ�ਾਲ (Purtag�l)
Pashto: FAchar|پ�رتګا� (Portoġâl)
Persian: FAchar|پرت�ا� (Portoġâl)
Polish: Portugalia
Portuguese: Portugal m
Romanian: Portugalia f
Russian: �о���гали� (Portugálija) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �о���гал m, �о���гали�а f
:Roman: Portugal#Serbian|Portugal m, Portugalija#Serbian|Portugalija f
Sicilian: Portugallu m
Slovene: Portugalska f
Spanish: Portugal m
Swedish: Portugal
Tamil: ப�ர�த�த��ல� (P�rttukal), ப�ர�த�த����ியா (Porttukī�iy�)
Telugu: ప�ర����ల� (Por�ugal)
Thai: THchar|��ร�ุ��ส
Turkish: Portekiz
Ukrainian: �о���гал�� (Portuhálija) f
Uyghur: ��ﺭ�����ﯩﻴﻪ (Portugaliyä)
Vietnamese: B� �ào Nha
Welsh: Portwgal f
Yiddish: פּ�ָר����ַ� (Portugal)
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Quotations
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person
1619, W. W. Gent (translator), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia
:AMONGST other coũtryes which were vnknowne to vs of Europe vntill in this later age they were diſcouered by the Spaniardes & Portugalls, one is Iapone...
1630, w:John Smith of Jamestown|John Smith, Travels of Captaine John Smith, 1907 edition, Vol. II, p. 167-8 [http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/ghov2-07.html ]
:The Kingdome of Congo is about 600. miles diameter any way, the chiefe Citie called St. Savadore, seated upon an exceeding high mountaine, 150. miles from the Sea, verie fertile, and inhabited with more than 100000. persons, where is an excellent prospect over all the plaine Countreyes about it, well watered, lying (as it were) in the Center of this Kingdome, over all which the Portugalls now command, though but an handfull in comparison of Negroes.

Adjective
Portugal

  1. obsolete Portuguese.

Quotations
1662, John Bargrave, Pope Alexander VII
:At a congregational meeting he was for the reception of the Portugall embassador.

Related terms
Portuguese

See also
Countries of the world
Lusitania

Category:Countries
Category:Portugal


Bosnian

Proper noun
Portugal m

  1. Portugal

Category:bs:Countries
Category:Bosnian proper nouns


Catalan

Proper noun
Portugal m

  1. #English|Portugal

Related terms
portuguès

See also
Lusitania

Category:Catalan proper nouns


Croatian

Proper noun
Portugal m

  1. #English|Portugal

Category:Croatian proper nouns
Category:hr:Countries


Dutch

Proper noun
Portugal n

  1. Portugal

Category:Dutch proper nouns
Category:nl:Countries


German

Proper noun
Portugal

  1. Portugal

Related terms
Portugiese
Portugieser
portugiesisch, Portugiesisch

Category:de:Countries


Norwegian

Proper noun
Portugal

  1. #English|Portugal

Related terms
portugis, portugiser
portugisisk

Category:no:Countries


Portuguese

Proper noun
Portugal

  1. Portugal

Related terms
português
portuguesa


Serbian

Proper noun
Portugal m

  1. Portugal

See also
�о���гал

Category:sr:Countries


Spanish

Proper noun
es-proper noun|m

  1. #English|Portugal

Related terms
portugalés
portugalujo
portugués
portuguesada
portuguesismo

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