Porto

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See also: porto, portó, portò, pôrto, and Pôrto

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.

  • (wine): the name of the city whence it was exported.

Proper noun

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Porto

  1. A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal
  2. A district in northern Portugal

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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Porto (plural Portos)

  1. port wine
  2. by extension, generic port wine, wine of the style of Porto
  3. by extension, fortified wine

Hypernyms

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Catalan

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Proper noun

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Porto ?

  1. Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
  2. Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
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French

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Proper noun

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Porto f

  1. Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
  2. Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)

Galician

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Etymology

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From porto (pass; ford; harbour).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Porto m

  1. a large number of villages and parishes throughout Galicia
  2. a toponymical surname
  3. Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
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References

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  • Porto” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Porto” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

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Porto

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔʁto/
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Noun

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Porto n

  1. postage (charge)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Porto” in Duden online
  • Porto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Porto

  1. A city in northern Portugal.

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: Porto

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Porto

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Porto n (indeclinable)

  1. Porto (a district in northern Portugal)
  2. Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
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Further reading

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  • Porto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Porto in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

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Porto
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Porto, from Latin Portus (Cale) (modern city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus (port).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Porto m

  1. Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)
    Cidade do PortoCity of Porto
  2. Porto (a district in northern Portugal)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Porto”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024