Portugalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Portingale (廃れた用法)
• Portugall (廃れた用法)

語源

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Porto), 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”).
• An Iberian pronunciation of Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa, “goddess of the Earth”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/, /ˈpɔːtjəɡəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/
• (General American, まれに) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹtuɡɑːl/

固有名詞

Portugal

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

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Portugal.

同意語

• Lusitania

派生語

• Portuguese

名詞

Portugal (複数形 Portugals)

1. (now rare) A Portuguese person.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     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.

参考

• Portugal § Etymology on Wikipedia
• (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, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world

参照

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• Portugal on Wikipedia.