English Explanatory Dictionary

Bragança

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/bɹəˈɡanzə/ /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/

Word forms

Bragança Braganza

Etymology

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

Translations

Arabic: بْرَاغَانْزَا Asturian: Bergancia Basque: Bragantza Bulgarian: Браганса Catalan: Bragança Chinese Mandarin: 布拉干薩 /布拉干萨 Finnish: Bragança French: Bragance Galician: Braganza Georgian: ბრაგანსა Greek: Μπραγκάνσα Greek: Μπραγκάντσα Italian: Braganza Japanese: ブラガンサ Korean: 브라간사 Latin: Brigantia Latin: Bragantia Lithuanian: Bragansa Bishnupriya Manipuri: ব্রাগআনকা Mirandese: Bergança Mirandese: Bergáncia Persian: براگانسا Portuguese: Bragança Russian: Брага́нса Spanish: Braganza Thai: บรากังซา Ukrainian: Брага́нса Ukrainian: Браґа́нса
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