"Portucale" meaning in Latin

See Portucale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /porˈtu.ka.le/ [Classical-Latin], [pɔrˈt̪ʊkäɫ̪ɛ] [Classical-Latin], /porˈtu.ka.le/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [porˈt̪uːkäle] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Univerbation of Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), 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”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|Portus Cale>Porto|id=Porto}}, {{univerbation|la|Portus Cale}} Univerbation of Portus Cale, {{der|la|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|la|grc|Καλλίς||Beautiful}} Ancient Greek Καλλίς (Kallís, “Beautiful”), {{der|la|xib|-}} Iberian, {{cog|grc|Γαῖα||goddess of the Earth}} Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa, “goddess of the Earth”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Portucale<3.loc>}} Portucale n sg (genitive Portucalis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Portucale<3.loc>}} Forms: Portucalis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Portucale [nominative, singular], Portucalis [genitive, singular], Portucalī [dative, singular], Portucale [accusative, singular], Portucale [ablative, singular], Portucale [singular, vocative], Portucalī [locative, singular], Portucale [locative, singular]
  1. A city of Roman Lusitania now called Vila Nova de Gaia. Tags: declension-3, neuter, singular Categories (place): Capital cities, Cities, Countries in Europe
    Sense id: en-Portucale-la-name-TpsCpVlt Disambiguation of Capital cities: 84 12 4 Disambiguation of Cities: 77 13 10 Disambiguation of Countries in Europe: 66 13 21 Categories (other): Latin entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin univerbations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 63 33 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 76 23 1 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 62 26 12 Disambiguation of Latin univerbations: 75 20 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 21 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 14 8
  2. (Medieval Latin) The region or county of Porto. Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, neuter, singular
    Sense id: en-Portucale-la-name-ibkoZPiN Categories (other): Medieval Latin
  3. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Portugal Tags: Medieval-Latin, New-Latin, declension-3, neuter, singular Synonyms: Portugallia
    Sense id: en-Portucale-la-name-TH3iw9pt Categories (other): Medieval Latin, New Latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Portucensis, portucensis, portucalensis
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