English Explanatory Dictionary

Portingale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Obsolete form of Portugal.
noun
  1. A Portuguese person.

Word forms

Portingale Portingal Portingales

Etymology

From Middle English Portyngale, from Middle French Portingal, which added an intrusive /n/ sound through the process of excrescence, from Latin Portucale.

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