ASCII

(computing) ASCII (a 7-bit character encoding)


BCE

European Central Bank
European Central Bank


NASA

Orthographic borrowing from English NASA.

obor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration#English

NASA (acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration)


AL

alojamento local
alojamento local#Portuguese

Abbreviation of Alagoas. (Brazilian state)


OMC

Initialism of Organização Mundial do Comércio.


AM

Abbreviation of Amazonas (a Brazilian state)


NATO

Orthographic borrowing from English NATO.


Bahamas

/baˈʁɐ̃.mɐʃ/

[baˈχɐ̃.mɐʃ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.

ubor

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Austria

Porque é que a Austria e a Prussia não estão cumprindo com a sua parte do contracto ?

1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

Why are Austria and Prussia not performing the obligations of their bond ?


Bangladesh

Alternative spelling of Bangladexe: Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)


Ecuador

Alternative spelling of Equador: Ecuador (a country in South America)


Chile

→ Japanese: チリ (Chiri)


Honduras

From Spanish Honduras, from honduras (“depths”). Doublet of funduras.


Kenya

Alternative spelling of Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)


México

Cidade do México
Cidade do México#Portuguese

Synonym of Cidade do México (“Mexico City”)


Argentina

/aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

[aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]

/aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

[aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]

/aɾ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

República Argentina
República Argentina#Portuguese

Argentina (a country in South America; official name: República Argentina)


Brasil

→ English: Brazil

⇒ Japanese: ブラジル (Burajiru)

→ Nheengatu: Braziu

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *pākslos
Latin palus
Old Galician-Portuguese pao
Portuguese pau
Vulgar Latin *brasa
Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
Portuguese brasa
Proto-Italic *-elis
Latin -īlislbor.
Portuguese -il
Portuguese brasil
Portuguese pau-brasil
Portuguese Brasil
Clipping of pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation, from pau (“wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”), from brasa (“embers”) + -il.

etymon

República Federativa do Brasil#Portuguese

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília)


Brazil

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Brasil.


Haiti

From French Haïti, from Taíno hayiti (“mountainous land”).


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Ethiopia

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Etiópia.


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Tanzania

(Mozambique) Alternative form of Tanzânia: Tanzania (a country in East Africa)


Kuwait

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Guatemala

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān (“place of many trees”).

der

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Angola

Angola (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Luanda)


El Salvador

[ˈɛɫ saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]

[ˈɛɫ saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]

[ˈɛɫ saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Salvador.

ubor

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


URSS

/ˈu ˌɛˌʁ‿ɛˈs‿ɛ.sɨ/

Initialism of União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas.


Zimbabwe

Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

der

Alternative form of Zimbabué: Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)


Israel

Learned borrowing from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese Irrael.

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

a male given name, equivalent to English Israel


Madagascar

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of Madagáscar.


Anguilla

Alternative form of Anguila; Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)


Paraguay

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1945) of Paraguai.


Cuba

Possibly from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba, “small tower”), or from cuba (“cask”).

A village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Senegal

Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Yemen

Alternative form of Iémen: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Réunion

administrative region
administrative region

Alternative form of Reunião: Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Peru

Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Brunei

Estado do Brunei Darussalã
Estado do Brunei Darussalã#Portuguese

Negara Brunei Darussalã
Negara Brunei Darussalã#Portuguese

Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia; official names: Estado do Brunei Darussalã and Negara Brunei Darussalã)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


América Latina

Latin America (parts of the Americas where Spanish or Portuguese are spoken)


Aruba

Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)


San Marino

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Jan Mayen

Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean)


Seychelles

/sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

/sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

Alternative spelling of Seicheles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Syria

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Síria.


Svalbard

Svalbard (an archipelago and territory of Norway in the Arctic Ocean)


Niue

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Achilles

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Aquiles.


Guam

Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)


Lesotho

Alternative spelling of Lesoto: Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Sri Lanka

/sɨˈɾi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


China

Perhaps from Hindi चीन (cīn) and ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Compare Malay Cina.

Mudam os ingredientes do caldo, mudam as massas. O macarrão soba é à base de trigo sarraceno e é servido quente ou gelado; o udon, de farinha branca, pode ser encontrado fresco ou seco; o sômen é bem fininho, quase um cabelo-de-anjo japonês; o harusame, para ser servido gelado, é uma massa feita de feijão-verde e, finalmente, existe o lamen, originário da China, porém muito difundido no Japão.

2007, Rubens Edwald Filho, Nilu Lebert, O cinema vai à mesa, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN, page 31:


Portugal

→ Japanese: ポルトガル (Porutogaru)

From Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

República Portuguesa
República Portuguesa#Portuguese

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula; official name: República Portuguesa)


Barbados

→ Japanese: バルバドス (Barubados)

[bɐɾˈβa.ðuʃ]

From barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Belarus

Synonym of Bielorrússia: Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


Malta

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

República de Malta
República de Malta#Portuguese

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: República de Malta)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Congo

República Democrática do Congo#Portuguese

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Ellipsis of República Democrática do Congo: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

República Democrática do Congo

República do Congo
República do Congo#Portuguese

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ellipsis of República do Congo: Congo, Congo Republic, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

República do Congo

Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Moldova

República da Moldova
República da Moldova#Portuguese

Synonym of Moldávia: Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: (formal) República da Moldova)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Unicode

(computing) Unicode (series of computer encoding standards)


Taiwan

Unadapted borrowing from English Taiwan.

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia)

Taiwan, Formosa (the main island of the Republic of China)


Montreal

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


WWW

Orthographic borrowing from English WWW (“World Wide Web”).


Abdera

Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)

Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)


Queensland

Unadapted borrowing from English Queensland.


GO

Abbreviation of Goiás, a Brazilian state


RO

Abbreviation of Rondônia. (Brazilian state)


RJ

Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro#Portuguese

Initialism of Rio de Janeiro. (Brazilian state)


DF

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#Portuguese

Initialism of Distrito Federal (Brazilian federal district)


PI

Abbreviation of Piauí. (Brazilian state)


RN

Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte#Portuguese

Abbreviation of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazilian state)


ES

Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo#Portuguese

(Brazil) Initialism of Espírito Santo. (Brazilian state)


PE

Abbreviation of Pernambuco. (Brazilian state)


MG

(Brazil) Initialism of Minas Gerais (Brazilian state)


BA

Abbreviation of Bahia. (Brazilian state)


MS

Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul#Portuguese

Abbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul. (Brazilian state)


RS

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#Portuguese

Initialism of Rio Grande do Sul. (a state of Brazil)


MT

Initialism of Mato Grosso. (Brazilian state)


SC

Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina#Portuguese

Abbreviation of Santa Catarina. (Brazilian state)


MA

(Brazil) Abbreviation of Maranhão. (Brazilian state)


RR

Abbreviation of Roraima (Brazilian state)


SE

Abbreviation of Sergipe. (Brazilian state)


PB

Abbreviation of Paraíba. (Brazilian state)


PA

Abbreviation of Pará (“Brazilian state”).


SP

Initialism of São Paulo, a Brazilian state


SI

Sistema Internacional
Sistema Internacional#Portuguese

Abbreviation of Sistema Internacional. SI


AR

Foi uma das primeiras polémicas a sair das eleições legislativas: o Chega quer um lugar na vice-presidência da Assembleia da República - ao qual tem, tradicionalmente, direito, por ter sido a terceira força política mais votada - mas a esquerda ameaça vetar a proposta. Em Global, Paulo Portas explicou o que se passa noutros países europeus.

2022 February 6, Paulo Portas, “Chega quer vice-presidente na AR. Como está a extrema-direita nos outros países da UE?”, in CNN Portugal:

2022 February 11, Lusa, “BE quer explicações na AR de entidades envolvidas no processo eleitoral da emigração”, in SAPO:

Assembleia da República
w:Assembleia da República

(Portugal) Initialism of Assembleia da República (“Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral parliament of Portugal”).


Pará

Pará (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Belém)


Maranhão

/ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[ma.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ma.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[ma.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ma.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[ma.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/mɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi, meaning "running sea", or an augmentative of mar (“sea”). The word was first used to refer to the Amazon River.

MA (abbreviation)

Northeast Region
Northeast Region#English

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Luís


Piauí

Borrowed from Old Tupi [Term?] (“river of piabas”).

bor+

river of <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt">piabas</i>

Piauí (a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Teresina)


Rondônia

[χõˈdõ.nɪ.ɐ]

A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Velho


Bahia

From earlier Bahia de Todos os Santos (“Bay of All Saints”), after a bay on its coast. bahia is an obsolete spelling of baía (“bay”); the name of the state was specially mentioned as an example of the exception for traditional placenames in the spelling reform that proscribed <h> between vowels.

Baía

dated in Brazil, occasionally used in Portugal

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador


Mato Grosso

Literally, “thick woods”. This name was given by the bandeirantes in the 1730s.

Central-West Region
Central-West Region#Portuguese

A state of the Central-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Cuiabá


Amapá

→ English: Amapá

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
* Old Tupi amapaba (“home of rain”)
* Nheengatu, meaning "ending land" or "island"
* Lokono, referring to Hancornia amapa, a local tree known in Portuguese as amapazeiro

Amapá (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Macapá)


Rio Grande do Norte

/ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

/ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

[ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔh.t͡ʃi]

/ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

/ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

[ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔh.t͡ʃi]

/ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔɾ.t͡ʃi/

/ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔɾ.t͡ʃi/

[ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔɾ.t͡ʃi]

/ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

[ˈχi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔχ.t͡ʃi]

/ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

[ˈχiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈnɔχ.t͡ʃi]

/ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ du ˈnɔɾ.tɨ/

[ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈnɔɾ.tɨ]

Literally, “Great River of the North”. Rio Grande (“Great River”) is a name for the mouth of the Potenji River, and the northern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Sul.

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Natal


Sergipe

Borrowed from Old Tupi seriîype (“at the crab river”).

Northeast Region
Northeast Region#Portuguese

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Aracaju


Distrito Federal

Federal District (an administrative division of Brazil); located in the Center West Region and containing the country's capital Brasilia

Federal District
Federal District#English


Paraíba

[pɐ.ɾɐˈi.βɐ]

Named after the Captaincy of Paraíba, from Old Tupi paraaíba (“bad river”).

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa

Captaincy of Paraíba
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro
pt:Paraíba


Ceará

First attested in 1608. Some theories try to explain its origin:
* From Old Tupi sema (“exit”) + ará (“macaw”);
* From Old Tupi asema (“cry”) + ará (“macaw”);
* From Old Tupi sy (“origin”) + ará (“macaw”).

CE (abbreviation)

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza


Goiás

[ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

From earlier Goyaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Tupi, meaning "equal individual" or "people of same origin". Some traditions refer to a mythical tribe called the "Goiases".

Goias (a state of the Central-West Region, Brazil; capital: Goiânia)

Goias (a city in the state of Goias, Brazil, and its former capital)


Alagoas

/ɐ.lɐˈɡo.ɐʃ/

[ɐ.lɐˈɣo.ɐʃ]

/ɐ.lɐˈɡo.ɐʃ/

[ɐ.lɐˈɣo.ɐʃ]

From alagoas (“lakes”).
The name appears as a competitor with the names of the lagoons of Manguaba, a lagoa do sul ("the southern lagoon"), and Mundaú, a lagoa do norte ("the northern lagoon"), already in the 16th century, when settlements were founded near the Alagoa do Norte and the Alagoa do Sul, the Alagoas, with the inclusion of the rest of the lagoons in the area.

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Maceió


Tocantins

/to.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩʃ/

From Old Tupi tukã (“Toucan”) + tĩ (“beak”).

A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Palmas


Mato Grosso do Sul

Literally, “South Mato Grosso”, because was originally the southern part of Mato Grosso that split from it in the late 1970s, forming a new state.

Central-West Region
Central-West Region#English

A state of the Central-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Campo Grande


PR

(Brazil) Abbreviation of Paraná. (Brazilian state)

Partido da República
w:Partido da República

(Brazil, politics, historical) Initialism of Partido da República (“Party of the Republic”), now PL.


Roraima

[hoˈɾɐɪ̯.mɐ]

[hoˈɾɐɪ̯.mɐ]

[χoˈɾaɪ̯.mɐ]

[χoˈɾɐɪ̯.mɐ]

From Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix). Other suggested meanings include "cashew range" and "mother of winds".

A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista


Rio Grande do Sul

[ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]

[ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]

[ˈχi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]

[ˈχiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]

[ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.de do ˈsuʊ̯]

[ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈsuɫ]

[ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈsuɫ]

Literally, “Great River of the South”. Rio Grande (“Great River”) is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte.

A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre


Minas Gerais

[ˈmĩ.nɐ ʒeˈɾaɪ̯ʃ]

Literally, “General Mines”. Two origins are proposed:
* Literal meaning: the mines spread in several spots around a larger region
* From Minas dos Matos Gerais ("Mines of the General Woods"), which encompasses the region of "Mines" and the region of "General Woods" (or "General Fields"), which were farther from mines and harder to access

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English

A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte


Santa Catarina

Catherine of Alexandria
pt:Santa Catarina (desambiguação)

Portuguese for "Saint Catherine", referring to Catherine of Alexandria.

Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine

A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis


Espírito Santo

(Christianity) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit (one of the three figures of the Holy Trinity)

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#Portuguese

A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Vitória


Pernambuco

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
* Old Tupi paranãbuku ("long river") or para’nã ("river") + buka ("hole").
* Pernão Boca or Pernambuka, approximations of how natives referred to "Boca de Fernão", an old name for the Santa Cruz channel.

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife


Victoria

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Victoria. Feminine of Victor


Nunavut

Unadapted borrowing from English Nunavut, from Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).


Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh#English

Himachal Pradesh (a state in northern India)


Amazonas

Amazon (a river in northern South America)

AM (abbreviation)

Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Manaus)


Jharkhand

Borrowed from Hindi झारखण्ड (jhārkhaṇḍ).


Pondicherry

Puducherry, Pondicherry (a city in Puducherry, India)


Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (a state of northern India)


Nagaland

Nagaland (a state in northeastern India)


Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh#English


New Brunswick

Unadapted borrowing from English New Brunswick.


Meghalaya

Meghalaya (a state in northeastern India)


Tamil Nadu

Unadapted borrowing from English Tamil Nadu.


Saskatchewan

Unadapted borrowing from English Saskatchewan.


Chandigarh

Chandigarh (a union territory in northern India)

Chandigarh (the capital city of Chandigarh, India; capital city of Haryana and Punjab, India)


São Paulo

[ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]

[ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]

[ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lo]

Saint Paul
pt:São Paulo
pt:São Paulo (estado)

Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul


São Paulo

[ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]

[ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]

[ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lo]

São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)

São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


Paraná

→ Hunsrik: Paranaa

From Língua Geral paraná (“river”), from Old Tupi paranã (“sea”).

Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)

Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)


Rio de Janeiro

[ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu]

[ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu]

Literally, “river of January”. The city was named after the Guanabara Bay (the word rio, which in modern Portuguese means "river", could also mean other water bodies such as bays in the 16th century) and the date it was discovered by Portuguese founders: January 1, 1502.

Tinha a pretensão de conhecer todo o Rio de Janeiro e os podres de cada um em particular.

1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil)

Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


Whitehorse

Whitehorse (the capital city of Yukon, Canada)


Alberta

[aʊ̯ˈbɛɾ.tɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈbɛχ.tɐ]


Alberta

[aʊ̯ˈbɛɾ.tɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈbɛχ.tɐ]


Brisbane

Brisbane (a city, the state capital of Queensland, Australia)


Rio Branco

[ˈχiʊ̯ ˈbɾɐ̃.ku]

A municipality, the state capital of Acre, Brazil


Maceió

A municipality, the state capital of Alagoas, Brazil


Cuiabá

Cuiabá (a municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil)


Ontario

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)


Goiânia

[ɡoɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[ɡoɪ̯ˈɐ̃.njɐ]

[ɡoɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[ɡoɪ̯ˈɐ̃.njɐ]

Goiânia (a municipality, the state capital of Goiás, Brazil)


Manaus

Manaus (a municipality, the state capital of Amazonas, Brazil)


Macapá

Macapá (a municipality, the state capital of Amapá, Brazil)


Recife

Recife (a municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil)


Teresina

A municipality, the state capital of Piauí, Brazil


Belo Horizonte

(abbreviation), (from spelling out the abbreviation), (dated)

Belo Horizonte (a municipality, the state capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil)


João Pessoa

[ʒʊˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peˈso.ɐ]

[ˈʒwɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peˈso.ɐ]

[ʒʊˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peˈso.ɐ]

[ˈʒwɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peˈso.ɐ]

[ʒʊˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peˈso.a]

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨˈso.ɐ/

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨˈso.ɐ/

Named after a former governor of Paraíba, the politician João Pessoa (1878-1930).

A municipality, the state capital of Paraíba, Brazil


Fortaleza

Ellipsis of Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora de Assunção (literally “Fort of Our Lady of the Assumption”).

ellipsis

Fortaleza (a municipality, the state capital of Ceará, Brazil)


Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre (a municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)


Aracaju

/ɐ.ɾɐ.kɐˈʒu/

Aracaju (a municipality, the state capital of Sergipe, Brazil)


Palmas

A municipality, the state capital of Tocantins, Brazil


Porto Velho

A municipality, the state capital of Rondônia, Brazil


Guaraní

From guarani, a borrowing from Guaraní guarani.


Campo Grande

/ˈkɐ̃.pu ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/

/ˈkɐ̃.pu ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/

/ˈkɐ̃.pu ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/

[ˈkɐ̃.pu ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ]

Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul#English

A municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil


Florianópolis

The city was named after Floriano Peixoto, the second president of Brazil, with the addition of the suffix -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Before 1893, the city was known as Desterro, from the Portuguese word desterro, meaning banishment or exile.

Florianópolis (a municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil)


Curitiba

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
* Old Tupi kurityba (“Paraná pine gathering”)
* Guaraní kuri'yty, corruption of kuri'yndy (“grove of Paraná pines”)

bor

Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)


Perth

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

Perth (a city in Western Australia, Australia)


Belém

From Old Galician-Portuguese Belen, from Latin Bēthlehemum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בּית לחם (bet lékhem).

Belém (a parish of the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal)

A audiência do secretário-geral do PS com o Presidente da República, terminou esta segunda-feira ao fim de meia-hora. António Costa saiu de Belém sem fazer qualquer declaração.

2015 November 23, Nuno Sá Lourenço, “Cavaco impõe seis condições para indigitar Costa”, in Público:

(Portugal, politics) Clipping of Palácio Nacional de Belém (Belém Palace, residency of the Portuguese president)

Palácio Nacional de Belém

(Portugal, metonymically) The Portuguese presidency and its administration

Belém (a city, the state capital of Pará, Brazil)


Edmonton

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


Adelaide

a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide


Adelaide

Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)


Melbourne

Melbourne (the capital city of Victoria, Australia)


Boa Vista

Boa Vista (a municipality, the state capital of Roraima, Brazil)


Vitória

a female given name, equivalent to English Victoria and feminine of Vítor


Vitória

A municipality, the state capital of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Victoria (the capital city of Seychelles)


Goa

From Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).


Toronto

Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.

Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)


Canberra

Unadapted borrowing from English Canberra.


Dispur

Dispur (a city, the state capital of Assam, India)


Raipur

Raipur (a city, the state capital of Chhattisgarh, India)


Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar (a city, the state capital of Gujarat, India)


Panaji

Panaji (a city, the state capital of Goa, India)


Sydney

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

(uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)

(uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)


Sydney

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Sydney


Trivandrum

Thiruvananthapuram, Trivandrum (a city, the state capital of Kerala, India)


Shimla

Shimla (a city, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, India)


Ranchi

Ranchi (a city, the state capital of Jharkhand, India)


Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir#English

Srinagar (a city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India)


Salvador

[saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]

Salvador (a municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil)


Kohima

Kohima (a city, the state capital of Nagaland, India)


Gangtok

Gangtok (a city, the state capital of Sikkim, India)


Agartala

Agartala (a city, the state capital of Tripura, India)


Lucknow

Lucknow (the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India)


Uluru

Uluru, Ayers Rock (a large rock formation in central Australia)


Chennai

Chennai (the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India)


Darwin

Unadapted borrowing from English Darwin.

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

Darwin (the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia)


Darwin

Darwin (Charles Darwin, English naturalist)


Jaipur

Jaipur (the state capital of Rajasthan, India)

Jaipur (a district of Rajasthan, India, containing the city of the same name)


Madras

Madras (former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India)


Bangalore

Bangalore (a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India)


Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)

Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)


Hong Kong

/ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/

/ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/

/ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/

[ˌχõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi]

/ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡe/

From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong², “fragrant harbour”).

bor

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Oceania

Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)


Laura

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Laura


Amsterdam

/ɐ̃ʃ.teʁˈdɐ̃/

/ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈdɐ̃/

[ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈðɐ̃]


Paris

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Paris.

inh+

Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e...

2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Toscana

administrative region
administrative region

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Nike

From the brand, from English Nike, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).


Aachen

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Charles

/ˈt͡ʃaɾ.lɨʃ/

Unadapted borrowing from French Charles or English Charles. Doublet of Carlos.


Christopher

Unadapted borrowing from English Christopher. Doublet of Cristóvão and Cristóforo.


Honolulu

Unadapted borrowing from English Honolulu.

Honolulu (a city, the state capital of Hawaii, United States)


Belfast

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)


Juneau

Unadapted borrowing from English Juneau (“city”), from French Juneau (“surname”), from jeune (“young”)

Juneau (the capital city of Alaska, United States)


Wade-Giles

Wade-Giles (transcription system for Mandarin)


Kiev

Unadapted borrowing from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev, “Kiev”).


Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

Abu Dhabi (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf)

Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates)


Guernsey

Unadapted borrowing from English Guernsey. Doublet of garnisé.

Guernsey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel)


Quito

Borrowed from Spanish Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."


Glasgow

[ˈɡlaʒ.ɡoʊ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English Glasgow.

Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)


Lagos

Lagos (a city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal)

Lagos (a major city, the former capital of Nigeria)


Durban

Unadapted borrowing from English Durban, after Sir Benjamin D'Urban.


Tashkent

Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)


Orleans

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Palermo

Palermo (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Los Angeles

Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


Vladivostok

Russian Far East
Russian Far East#English

Vladivostok (a city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)


Nassau

Nassau (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)


Verona

Verona (a city and province of Veneto, Italy)


Tanach

(Judaism) Tanakh (body of Jewish scripture)


Tarragona

Tarragona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Tarragona (a city, the provincial capital of Tarragona, Spain)


Tel Aviv

Borrowed from Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב (tel 'avív).


Zanzibar

Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania)


Liverpool

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Frankfurt

/ˌfɾɐ̃k.ˈfuʁt͡ʃ/

Unadapted borrowing from German Frankfurt.

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


Vancouver

Unadapted borrowing from English Vancouver.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)

Vancouver (a city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States)


Syracuse

Syracuse (a city in New York, United States)


Abruzzo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Abruzzo, from Latin Aprutium.

Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)


Trentino-Alto Adige

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English:_Q1237

Trentino-Alto Adige (an autonomous region of northern Italy)


Tirana

/t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/

/t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/

Tirana (a municipality, the capital and largest city of Albania, located in the center of the country west of the mountain of Dajti on the plain of Tirana; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)


Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno (a town and province of Marche, Italy)


Alessandria

Alessandria (a city and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Bolzano

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Bolzano (the provincial capital of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Biella

Biella (a town and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Catanzaro

Catanzaro (a city and province of Calabria, Italy)


Avellino

Avellino (a town and province of Campania, Italy)


Manila

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)


Lecco

Lecco (a town and province of Lombardy, Italy)


Cagliari

Cagliari (a province and city in Sardinia, Italy)


Arezzo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Arezzo, from Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).

Arezzo (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


Cosenza

Cosenza (a city and province of Calabria, Italy)


Como

Como (a city and province of Lombardy, Italy)

Como (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Wellington

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)


Aosta

From Italian Aosta, ultimately from the Latin name Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum.


Oxford

[ˌɔksˈfɔɾ.ðɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Oxford.


Agrigento

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)


Ancona

Ancona (a city and province of Marche, Italy)


Brindisi

From Italian Brindisi, from Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from Messapic.

Brindisi (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)


Daniel

From Old Galician-Portuguese Daniel, from Latin Daniēl, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל. Doublet of Danilo.

der

Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל

(biblical) Daniel (the book of the Bible)

(biblical) Daniel (Old Testament prophet)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel


Benevento

Borrowed from Latin Beneventum and Italian Benevento.

Benevento (a province of Campania, Italy)

Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)


Matera

Matera (a town and province of Basilicata, Italy)


Macerata

Macerata (a town and province of Marche, Italy)


Rovigo

Rovigo (a province and town in Veneto, Italy)


Livorno

Borrowed from Italian Livorno, from Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians.

Livorno (a province and city in Tuscany, Italy)


Piacenza

Piacenza (a city and province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Oristano

Oristano (a province of Sardinia, Italy)

Oristano (the capital city of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy)


Treviso

Treviso (a town and province of Veneto, Italy)

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Udine

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English


Pescara

Pescara (the capital city of the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy)


Varese

Varese (the capital city of the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy)


Ragusa

Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik, Croatia)

Ragusa (a mediaeval republic centred in Dubrovnik)


Cyclades

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Cíclades.


Lesbos

Lesbos (an island and regional unit of the North Aegean region, Greece)


Trieste

[tɾɪˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi]

Borrowed from Italian Trieste, from Latin Tergeste.

Trieste (a city in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)


Larissa

a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

Larissa (a city, the regional capital of Thessaly, Greece)


Trento

Trentino (a province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)

Trento (the provincial capital of Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Messina

Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Arlon

Luxembourg province
Luxembourg province#English

Arlon (a city in Luxembourg province, Belgium)


Formosa

→ English: Formosa

→ French: Formose

desc

→ Spanish: Hermosa (obsolete) (semantic loan)

→ Spanish: Formosa

Clipping of Ilha Formosa, from ilha (“island”) + formosa (“beautiful”).

Synonym of Taiwan, Taiwan (an island in East Asia)


Bruges

Borrowed from French Bruges, from Old French, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium)


Alderney

Alderney (an island in the English Channel)


Saaremaa

Saaremaa (an island and county of Estonia)


Schleswig-Holstein

Unadapted borrowing from German Schleswig-Holstein.


Bremen

Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)


Corfu

Corfu (an island and regional unit of the Ionian Islands, Greece)


Zeus

(Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme god of the Greek pantheon)


Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen (a village, the capital of Svalbard, Norway)


Alexander

Unadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alexandre and Alessandro.


Sofia

a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia


Monte Carlo

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Vaduz

Vaduz (a town and municipality, the capital of Liechtenstein)


Flevoland

Flevoland (a province of the Netherlands)


Gelderland

Gelderland (a province of the Netherlands)


Overijssel

Overijssel (a province of the Netherlands)


Alexandria

/ɐ.lɨ.ʃɐ̃ˈdɾi.ɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia).

Alexandria (a city and governorate of Egypt)


Aotearoa

Aotearoa (New Zealand, a country in Oceania; especially seen in a Polynesian or pre-colonial context)


Coreia do Sul

[koˈɾɛɪ̯.ɐ du ˈsuʊ̯]

[koˈɾɛɪ̯.ɐ du ˈsuʊ̯]


Groningen

Groningen (a city and capital of Groningen, Netherlands)

Groningen (a province of the Netherlands)


Alfredo

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alfred


El Niño

[ˌɛʊ̯ˈnĩ.j̃u]

[ˌɛʊ̯ˈnĩ.j̃u]

[ˌɛʊ̯ˈni.ɲo]

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Niño.

(meteorology) El Niño (a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon)


Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh (the capital city of Cambodia)


Carthago

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Cartago.


Gdansk

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Gdańsk (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


Semana Santa

(Christianity) Holy Week (week preceding Easter)


Gotland

Gotland (an island, province, county, and municipality of Sweden)


Douglas

Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.

a male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English Douglas


Douglas

Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)


Cambridge

Unadapted borrowing from English Cambridge.


Canadá

Borrowed from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).


Big Ben

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Ben.


Jesus

→ Japanese: ゼス, ゼズス

→ Old Tupi: Îesu

Relatinised from Old Galician-Portuguese Jesu, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew ישוע (y'hoshúa).


Jesus

a female given name, shortened from "Maria de Jesus"


Teresa

a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa


Turquia

Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia; capital: Ancara)


UNESCO

Unadapted borrowing from English UNESCO.


AAC

Associação Académica de Coimbra
w:Associação Académica de Coimbra

Initialism of Associação Académica de Coimbra (“Coimbra Academic Association”).


Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (the judicial capital of South Africa)


Jorge

Inherited from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios), probably via a Gallo-Roman intermediary. Compare Galician Xurxo.

a male given name, equivalent to English George


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


Xavier

From the toponymic surname of a Spanish saint, from Basque Xabier. See Xavier for more.

a male given name from Basque, equivalent to English Xavier


Macau

From a southern seaward variety of Chinese, possibly Hokkien, possibly either 媽閣／妈阁 (Má Koh) or 媽港／妈港 (Má Káng), short for 阿媽港／阿妈港 (A-má Káng), from 阿媽／阿妈 (a-má, “grandma Mazu, patron goddess of sailors”) + 港 (káng, “port”), both referring to the A-Ma Temple (媽閣廟／妈阁庙) or Templo de A-Má in Portuguese, built in 1488 before the city of Macau came into being. The initial ⟨A⟩ was likely elided due to misconstruing with Portuguese a (“towards; to; at; in”). Compare Spanish Macán, Japanese 媽港(マカオ) (makao), Latin Machao.

zh-l

媽閣／妈阁 (Má Koh)

媽港／妈港 (Má Káng)

阿媽港／阿妈港 (A-má Káng)

Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)


Liliana

a female given name, equivalent to English Lilian


Egipto

Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of Egito. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

1990 Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement


Alpes

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


Okinawa

Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)


Minnesota

Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota.

ubor

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


Kentucky

Unadapted borrowing from English Kentucky.


terra

From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra.


Abbeville

[ɐ.βɨˈβi.lɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from French Abbeville.


Odessa

Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)


Chinatown

Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China)


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.


Hannah

a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah, Alternative form of Hanna


Génova

Genoa (a city, the regional capital of Liguria, Italy)


Ryan

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Ryan


Colombo

Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)


Colombo

A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil


Alice

a female given name, equivalent to English Alice

(cryptography) Alice (an entity sending a message)


Medusa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”).

bor+

(Greek mythology) Medusa (creature with a petrifying gaze)


Ragnarok

/ʁɐ.ɡi.nɐˈɾɔk/

[ʁɐ.ɣi.nɐˈɾɔk]

(Norse mythology) Ragnarok (end of the world in Norse mythology)


Miriam

Borrowed from Hebrew מִרְיָם. Doublet of Maria.

bor

Hebrew מִרְיָם

a female given name, equivalent to English Miriam


Sony

(trademark) Sony (an international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan)


David

Unadapted borrowing from English David. Doublet of Davi.

a male given name from English, equivalent to English David


Roberto

a male given name, equivalent to English Robert


Alexandra

/ɐ.lɨˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra


Piemonte

Borrowed from Italian Piemonte, from Latin Pedemontium (literally “at the foot of the mountains”). Compare English Piedmont.

der

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Lombardia

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lombardia, from Medieval Latin Lombardia, from Late Latin Langobardia.

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


Labrador

[lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[lɐ.βɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

Borrowed from English Labrador, from Portuguese Lavrador (“João Fernandes Lavrador, Portuguese explorer”).

Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)


Hera

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

lbor

(Greek mythology) Hera (goddess of marriage and birth)


Cebu

Cebu (an island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)

Cebu (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Cebu City)

Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)


Polônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Polónia.: Poland (a country in Central Europe)


Romênia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Roménia.


Orion

(Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)


Asterix

/ɐʃ.tɨˈɾikʃ/

Asterix (a fictional character from French comic books)


Walter

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter, Alternative form of Valter


Newcastle

Unadapted borrowing from English Newcastle.

ubor

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne (a large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England)

Newcastle (a large city in New South Wales, Australia)

Newcastle (a large city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)


Europa

⇒ Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)

→ Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, from Latin Eurōpa.

inh+

O abacate é uma fruta de sabor suave e gosto agradável, nem doce e nem amargo. O sabor neutro, aliado à polpa carnuda e macia, faz dele um dos ingredientes mais versáteis da culinária popular. Na Europa e na América Central, o abacate é um importante ingrediente para saladas.

2005, Wagner Blini, vários autores, Salvando Vida - Com Medicina Natural, Editora DCL, →ISBN, page 215:

O ábaco foi usado por diversos povos e, até por volta de 1700, foram muito comuns na Europa, quando o cálculo escrito em papel passou a prevalecer.

2005, Fausto Arnaud Sampaio, Matemágica: História, Aplicações e Jogos Matemáticos, Papirus Editora, →ISBN, page 31:

O shogun, generalíssimo do imperador, com residência em Yedo, assinara por conta própria tratados de amizade e de comércio com a América e com a Europa, e os estrangeiros, em Yokohama, pisavam já afoitamente o solo japonês.

2014, Venceslau de Morais, Paisagens da China e do Japão, Projecto Adamastor, →ISBN, page 97:

(Greek mythology) Europa (Phoenician princess)


Zaire

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Bristol

Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)


Odin

(Norse mythology) Odin (the supreme god)


Mickey Mouse

Unadapted borrowing from English Mickey Mouse.


Ares

Borrowed from Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


Arvak

(Norse mythology) Arvak (one of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun)


Jason

[ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯.zõ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Jason. Doublet of Jasão.

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Jason


Estados Unidos

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States, United States of America (a country in North America)

(chiefly historical) any federation composed of states and officially named so, such as the United States of Brazil


Hades

Learned borrowing from Latin Hades, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

(Greek mythology) Hades (god of the underworld)

(Greek mythology) Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades)


Ivan

From Russian Ива́н (Iván). Doublet of João, Ian, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane.

doublet

a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Ivan


Clio

(Greek mythology) Clio (the Muse of history and heroic poetry)


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Inverness

Unadapted borrowing from English Inverness.

ubor

Inverness (a city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland)


Aberdeen

Unadapted borrowing from English Aberdeen.


Pyongyang

[pɪ.õ.ɡɪˈɐ̃.ɡi]

[pɪ.õ.ɡɪˈɐ̃.ɡi]

[pɪ.õ.ɡɪˈɐ̃.ɡe]

/pjõˈɡjɐ̃.ɡɨ/

Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)


Krishna

(Hinduism) Krishna (a supreme Hindu deity)


Alaska

Unadapted borrowing from English Alaska.


Gabriel

[ɡa.bɾɪˈɛʊ̯]

[ɡɐˈβɾjɛ.li]

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

(Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)


Bollywood

Unadapted borrowing from English Bollywood.


Kansas

Unadapted borrowing from English Kansas.


FARC

FARC (Marxist guerilla groups operating in Colombia)


Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Herzegovina (a traditional region in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bósnia e Herzegovina
Bósnia e Herzegovina#Portuguese


Big Bang

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Bang.

(cosmology) Big Bang (cosmic event that marked the beginning of time)


Selene

Borrowed from Latin Selēnē, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

(Greek mythology) Selene (goddess of the moon)


Nagasaki

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 長(なが)崎(さき) (Nagasaki).


Massachusetts

Unadapted borrowing from English Massachusetts.

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


Wikcionário

Blend of wiki (“wiki”) + dicionário (“dictionary”), modeled on English Wiktionary.


Rhode Island

Rhode Island (a state of the United States)


Connecticut

Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.

ubor

Connecticut (a state of the United States)


Maryland

Unadapted borrowing from English Maryland.


Wyoming

Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.


Hollywood

Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles)

Hollywood (the American motion picture industry)


Indiana

/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/


Wisconsin

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Wisconsin (a river in the United States)


Colorado

Colorado (a river in North America, located between the United States and Mexico)

A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

A town and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Nevada

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).


Missouri

Unadapted borrowing from English Missouri.


Iowa

Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.


Cleveland

Cleveland (a city in Ohio, United States)


Illinois

Unadapted borrowing from English Illinois.


Delaware

Unadapted borrowing from English Delaware.

Delaware (a river in the eastern United States)


Alabama

[ɐ.lɐˈβɐ.mɐ]

[ɐ.lɐˈβɐ.mɐ]

southeastern region
southeastern region#English

Alabama (a river in the southeastern region, United States)


Arkansas

/aʁˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/

[aχˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ]

/ɐɾˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.


Mississippi

Mississippi (a river in the United States)

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


Tennessee

Tennessee (a river in the eastern United States)

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


Clara

a female given name, equivalent to English Clara or Claire


Oscar

a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar


Toyota

[ˌtoɪ̯ˈɔ.tɐ]

[ˌtoɪ̯ˈɔ.tɐ]

Borrowed from Japanese 豊田 (Toyota) or Japanese トヨタ (Toyota).

Toyota (a Japanese automotive manufacturer)


Manchester

/mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.teʁ/

[mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.teχ]

/mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.taɾ/

/mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/

/mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.taɾ/

/mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/

/mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)


Washington

/ˌwɔ.ʃĩ.ɡɨˈtɔ.nɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from English Washington.


Washington

/ˌwɔ.ʃĩ.ɡɨˈtɔ.nɨ/

Washington (a state of the United States)

Washington (the capital city of the United States)


establishment

Unadapted borrowing from English establishment.


Irene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

bor+

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Irene


William

Unadapted borrowing from English William. Doublet of Guilherme.


Galiza

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Galiza, from Early Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”). Doublet of Galícia and Galécia.

inh+

autonomous community
autonomous community

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Chicago

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)


Shakespeare

Shakespeare (William Shakespeare, English playwright)


Samos

Samos (an island, city, municipality, and regional unit of North Aegean, Greece)


Boston

Unadapted borrowing from English Boston.

Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)


CP

Comboios de Portugal
w:Comboios de Portugal


Antonov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Антонов (Antonov).


Antonov

Borrowed from Russian Анто́нов (Antónov).

Antonov (any of the Russian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau)


Simone

a female given name from French, equivalent to English Simone


Carolina

a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline

Carolina (either of the two states North Carolina or South Carolina)


ESA

Orthographic borrowing from English ESA.


Einstein

Unadapted borrowing from German Einstein.

ubor

Einstein (Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist)


Auckland

Unadapted borrowing from English Auckland.


Francisco

Learned borrowing from Latin Franciscus.

a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Francisco

a surname transferred from the given name


Kevin

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Kevin


Ian

Unadapted borrowing from English Ian. Doublet of João, Ivan, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane.


Huang He

Yellow River, Huang He (a river in northern China)


Austin

Austin (a city, the state capital of Texas, United States)


Beijing

Unadapted borrowing from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng). Doublet of Pequim.


Samuel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel

(biblical) Samuel (one of two books of the Bible)

(biblical) Samuel (a leader of ancient Israel)


Terpsichore

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Terpsícore.


Poseidon

(Greek mythology) Poseidon (god of the sea)


Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


Baltimore

Baltimore (a city in Maryland, United States)


Miami

Miami (a city in Florida, United States)


Fulano

Borrowed from Spanish Fulano, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלוני. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese Foão.

Fulano, Cicrano e Beltrano

Alternative letter-case form of fulano (“so-and-so”)


Urano

(Greek mythology) Uranus (primal god of the sky)

(astronomy) Uranus (seventh planet of the Solar System)


Detroit

[deˈtɾɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]

[deˈtɾɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]

[deˈtɾɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Detroit, from French détroit (“strait”).

Detroit (a city in Michigan, United States)


Brno

South Moravian Region
w:South Moravian Region

Brno (capital of the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, and second-largest city in the Czech Republic)


Filipinas

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Amanda

a female given name, equivalent to English Amanda


Esdras

Borrowed from Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

der

Hebrew עֶזְרָא

(biblical) Ezra; Esdras (any of four books of the Bible)

(biblical) Ezra; Esdras (Jewish high priest)


Moscou

(Brazil) Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

(Brazil) Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)


Júpiter

(Roman mythology) Jupiter (chief-god of the Roman pantheon)

(astronomy) Jupiter (fifth and largest planet of the Solar System)


Saturno

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Saturno, from Latin Sāturnus.

inh+

(Roman mythology) Saturn (god of fertility and agriculture)

(astronomy) Saturn (sixth planet of the Solar System)


Marte

(astronomy) Mars (fourth planet in the Solar System)


Neptuno

(Roman mythology) Neptune (god of the sea)

(astronomy) Neptune (eighth planet of the Solar System)


Erato

(Greek mythology) Erato (muse of lyric poetry)


Polyhymnia

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Polímnia.


Melpomene

(Greek mythology) Melpomene (Muse of tragedy)


Euterpe

Borrowed from Latin Euterpe, from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).

(Greek mythology) Euterpe (the Muse of music and lyric poetry)


Moira

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοῖρα (Moîra).

(Greek mythology) Moira (personification of fate)


Gaia

Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia#Portuguese


Vesta

(Roman mythology) Vesta (goddess of domestic life)


Minerva

Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan.

(Roman mythology) Minerva (goddess of wisdom)


Andromeda

(Portugal) Archaic spelling of Andrómeda.


Hermes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of unknown meaning and origin.

bor+

(Greek mythology) Hermes (messenger of the gods)


Carlos

From Latin Carolus, of Germanic origin. Doublet of Charles.

a male given name, equivalent to English Charles, Carl, or Karl


Diana

/d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

/d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

Learned borrowing from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Daiane and Daiana.

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana


Bosna

Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Ceuta

From Arabic سَبْتَة (sabta), from Latin Septem [Fratres].


Jonathan

Unadapted borrowing from English Jonathan.

ubor

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Jonathan


Anglesey

/ɐ̃.ɡlɨˈzɐj/

Unadapted borrowing from English Anglesey.

Anglesey (an island and traditional county of Wales)


Brooklyn

Brooklyn (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


Albino

a male given name, equivalent to English Albin


Altar

(astronomy) Ara (a constellation of the southern sky)


Ane

From English Anne and French Anne. Doublet of Ana and Hanna.

a female given name from English or French


Asiago

a township near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy


Hebe

Borrowed from Latin Hēbē, from Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē), from ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”).

(Greek mythology) Hebe (goddess of youth)


Anu

(Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) Anu (god of heaven)


Alcatraz

Bay of San Francisco
Bay of San Francisco#English

Alcatraz (an island and former prison in the Bay of San Francisco, California, United States)


Ave

Inherited from Latin Avus. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water”).


Auriga

(astronomy) Auriga (winter constellation of northern sky)


Abigail

[ɐ.βi.ɣɐˈiɫ]

[ɐ.βi.ɣɐˈiɫ]

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abigail


Baviera

From Medieval Latin Baioarii (“Bavarians”), from Late Latin Bojuvarii (“Boii settlers”), compound of Gaulish Boii and Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“settler”).


Argo

(Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)

(Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)


Beatles

Unadapted borrowing from English Beatles.


Montenegro

Borrowed from Venetian Montenegro. By surface analysis, monte (“mountain”) + negro (“dark”).

surf

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Montenegro

Ellipsis of São João de Montenegro. First attested in 1916.

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Bill

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Bill


Ai

(biblical) Ai (an ancient city in Canaan, mentioned in the Book of Joshua)

(biblical) Ai (an ancient city mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah)


Bruna

a female given name, feminine form of Bruno


Cronos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos).


Camboja

desctree

⇒ English: Cambodia, Cambogia (obsolete)
→ Japanese: カンボジア (Kanbojia)

⇒ Japanese: カボチャ (kabocha)

/kɐ̃ˈbɔ.d͡ʒɐ/

/kɐ̃ˈbɔ.d͡ʒɐ/

/kɐ̃ˈbɔ.d͡ʒɐ/

[kɐ̃ˈbɔ.ðʒɐ]


Alan

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alan


Descanso

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Davi

From Old Galician-Portuguese Davi, from Latin Dāvīd, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Hebrew דּוד. Doublet of David.

a male given name, equivalent to English David


Calypso

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Calipso.


Crux

(astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)


Cupido

Learned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).

lbor

(Roman mythology) Cupid (the god of love)


Deus

→ Japanese: デウス (Deusu)

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

God (the deity of monotheistic religions)


Ciro

Learned borrowing from Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /Kuruš/).

a male given name, equivalent to English Cyrus


Bianca

From Italian Bianca. Doublet of branca and Branca.


Dexter

Unadapted borrowing from English Dexter. Doublet of destro.

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Dexter


Du

a diminutive of the male given name Eduardo


Gi

a diminutive of the female given name Giovana


Ada

a female given name, equivalent to English Ada


Cruz

(Christianity) True Cross (cross on which Christ was crucified)


Ana

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ana, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה. Doublet of Ane and Hanna.

der

Hebrew חַנָּה

Ana, a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Anne


Harmonia

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Euro

(Greek mythology) Eurus (god of the east wind)

(Portugal, sports) Euros (the UEFA European Football Championship)


Faro

From earlier Fárão. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron, from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn, “Aaron”). Doublet of Aarão. The city was named after a local Moorish qadi.

inh+

Faro (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Portugal)


Eros

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

(Greek mythology) Eros (god of love and sexual desire)


Bari

Bari (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)


Acre

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Acre, ultimately from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko).


Acre

The state was named after the hydronym, of unknown origin.

Acre (a river in northern South America)

Acre (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Rio Branco)


Guangzhou

Guangzhou (a major city and port, the capital city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)


Ali

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ali


Hulk

Hulk (fictional Marvel Comics character)


Dorcas

(biblical) Dorcas (woman restored to life by Peter)

a female given name, equivalent to English Dorcas


Bob

(cryptography) Bob (person or system receiving a message)


Harry

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Harry


Hamlet

Unadapted borrowing from English Hamlet.

Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)


Kraken

(Norse mythology) Kraken (a gigantic squid)


Mem

(dated) a diminutive of the male given name Mendo


Lua

Hoje, a Lua está muito brilhante.

Moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)


Flora

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Flora

(Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of nature)


Granada

Granada (a province of Andalusia, Spain)

Granada (a city, the provincial capital of Granada, Spain)


Maria

→ Malay: Maria

From Old Galician-Portuguese Maria, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Miriam.

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary


Jean

Unadapted borrowing from French Jean. Doublet of João, Ivan, Ian, Ruan, and Geovane.


Mir

Borrowed from Russian Мир (Mir), from мир (mir, “peace”).


Jersey

the English Channel
the English Channel#English

Jersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel)


Lincoln

Unadapted borrowing from English Lincoln.


Liège

Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Belgium)


Melissa

Borrowed from Latin Melissa, from Ancient Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa), from μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Melissa

(Greek mythology) Melissa (nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey)


Nix

Learned borrowing from Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

(Greek mythology) Nyx (the primordial goddess of night)


Atlas

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, literally “The Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from Ἄ (Á, copulative prefix) + τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer, to endure, to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support, lift, weigh”).

der

(Greek mythology) Atlas (titan who holds the sky)


Atlas

Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Africa)


Aurora

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Batman

Southeastern Anatolia Region
Southeastern Anatolia Region#English

Batman (a province of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey)

Batman (a city, the provincial capital of Batman, Turkey)


Batman

Unadapted borrowing from English Batman.


Marina

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Marina


Ester

Borrowed from Latin Esthēr, from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.

Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Esther

(biblical) Esther (Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus)

(biblical) Esther (the book of the Bible)


Frank

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Frank


Pico

A mountain in the island of Pico, Azores, Portugal


Natal

→ Gujarati: નાતાલ (nātāl)

→⇒ Malay: Natal, Hari Natal

→ Indonesian: Natal

→ Konkani: नाताळ (nātāḷ)

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→ Marathi: नाताळ (nātāḷ), नाथाळ (nāthāḷ)

→ Sinhalese: නත්තල (nattala)

→ Tetum: Natál

→ Tamil: நத்தார் (nattār)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal.
Compare Galician Nadal.

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Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)


Natal

→ English: Natal

From Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.

Natal (a former colony of the United Kingdom, in southern Africa)

Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte#English

A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil


Reunion

administrative region
administrative region

Alternative form of Reunião: Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Pisa

Pisa (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


Pierre

a male given name from French, equivalent to English Pierre


Pierre

Pierre (a city, the state capital of South Dakota, United States)


Remo

(Roman mythology) A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Remus, notably borne by one of the two founders of Rome


Scrabble

Unadapted borrowing from English Scrabble.

ubor

Scrabble (board game with interlocking words)


Anna

a female given name; alternative spelling of Ana


Lima

From Old Galician-Portuguese Limia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Cognate with Galician Limia.


Lima

From the river's name. Related to Limeira.


Lima

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, from Quechua Rimak, Incan god, from rimay (“to speak”).


Madeira

From madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia (“stuff, timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Formal cognates include Spanish madera.

Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)

Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)


Phoenix

Phoenix (a city, the state capital of Arizona, United States)


Polaris

(astronomy) Polaris (star in the north celestial pole)


Otto

a male given name, variant of Oto, equivalent to English Otto


Rabat

Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco)


Split

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos), Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos).


Sheila

Unadapted borrowing from English Sheila, from Irish Síle, from Latin Caecilia. Doublet of Cecília.

a female given name from English, equivalent to English Sheila

(Portugal, Porto, vulgar or derogatory) a slut (a girl seeking attention through inappropriate clothing and make-up)


Nice

Learned borrowing from Latin Nice, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).

(Greek mythology) Nike (goddess of victory)


Nice

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia). Doublet of Niceia.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)


Nice

a diminutive of the female given name Cleonice


Google

Unadapted borrowing from English Google.


Sul

South Region (a macroregion of Brazil, comprised by the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina)


Su

a diminutive of the female given names Susana, Suzana, Susane, or Suzane


Schwarz

Unadapted borrowing from German Schwarz.


Tigre

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).


Veda

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda).


Worms

From German Worms, from Latin Vormatia, from Gaulish.

Worms (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Tom

a diminutive of the male given name Antônio, equivalent to English Tony


Porto

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

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Cidade do Porto

Porto (a city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal)


Set

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian stẖ, s-t:X


Volta

English: Volta

Italian: Volta

From volta (“turnaround, return”); at some point of time the river marked the point of return for the Portuguese traders.

Volta: Ellipsis of Rio Volta (“Volta River”).; A river in West Africa

Volta: Ellipsis of Lago Volta (“Lake Volta”).; A lake in West Africa


Rosa

a female given name, equivalent to English Rose


Sol

From Latin sōlem (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.


Superman

Unadapted borrowing from English Superman. In Brazil, displaced Super-Homem as the official name in the 1990's.


Vulcano

(astronomy, historical) Vulcan (planet previously theorised to exist in orbit between Mercury and the Sun)

Vulcano (a small volcanic island north of Sicily)

(Star Trek) Vulcan (homeworld of the Vulcan species)


Tor

Borrowed from English Thor, fromOld Norse Þórr.


Shanghai

Alternative spelling of Xangai; Shanghai (a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China)


Mc

(Brazil, colloquial) McDonald's, Maccy D's (the fast-food restaurant chain)


Pisces

(astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)


br

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of Brasil.


Victor

a male given name, equivalent to English Victor


Inglaterra

/ĩ.ɡlɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ingraterra, Englaterra, Engraterra.

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Europe; capital: Londres)

(proscribed, dated or informal) the United Kingdom


Vilnius

Unadapted borrowing from Lithuanian Vilnius.


Washington, D.C.

Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.#Portuguese


Noruega

[no.ɾʊˈɛ.ɡɐ]

[no.ɾʊˈɛ.ɡɐ]

Norway (a country in northern Europe; capital: Oslo)


Titanic

Unadapted borrowing from English Titanic.


Taurus

[taʊ̯ˈɾu(ɪ̯)ʃ]


Vera

a female given name, equivalent to English Vera


Judas

From Old Galician-Portuguese Judas, from Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), from Hebrew יהודה.

(biblical) Judas (name of two of the Apostles)


Seattle

Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)


Yokohama

Yokohama (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)


Samaria

Borrowed from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

der

Hebrew שׁמרון

Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)

Samaria (an ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)


Hongkong

Dated spelling of Hong Kong., a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China


Comintern

Borrowed from Russian Коминте́рн (Komintérn).

(historical) Comintern (international association of Communist parties)


Kansas City

Kansas City (a city in Missouri and Kansas, United States)


Eid al-Adha

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى (ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā).

ubor

عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى


Abel

From Old Galician-Portuguese Abel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל.

der

Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל

a male given name, equivalent to English Abel


Halloween

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

ubor

Halloween (festival that takes place on October 31st, in which people dress up in ghostly costumes and use hollow pumpkins, with candles inside, to decorate houses, gardens, etc.)


Eid al-Fitr

(Islam) Eid al-Fitr (religious celebration)


Hejaz

A traditional region in northwest Saudi Arabia


Swansea

Unadapted borrowing from English Swansea.


Aurigny

Alderney (an island in the English Channel)


MRE

Relações Exteriores
relações exteriores#Portuguese

Initialism of Ministério das Relações Exteriores (“Ministry of Foreign Affairs”).


PT

Partido dos Trabalhadores
w:Workers' Party (Brazil)

(Brazil, politics) Initialism of Partido dos Trabalhadores (“Workers' Party”).


DOP

Departamento Oficial de Propaganda
w:pt:Departamento Oficial de Propaganda

(Brazil, historical) Initialism of Departamento Oficial de Propaganda.


Astrakhan

Astrakhan (a city, the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia)


PL

Partido Liberal
w:pt:Partido Liberal (2006)

(Brazil, politics) Initialism of Partido Liberal, a Brazilian right-wing populist political party.


Medina

Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)

Medina (a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil)


Daugavpils

Daugavpils (a city in Latvia, on the Daugava River)


Disney

um filme da Disney

Estou indo para a Disney nas férias.


Anaheim

Anaheim (a city in California, United States)


RTP

Initialism of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal.

initialism

RTP (the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal)


Otava

Borrowed from English Ottawa, from Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”).

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


Japão

desctree

→ English: Japan
> Tok Pisin: Siapan (inherited)
→ Bengali: জাপান (japan)
→ Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जापान (jāpān)
→ Dhivehi: ޖާފާނު (jāfānu)
Urdu: جاپان (jāpān)
→ Irish: Seapáin
→ Marathi: जपान (japān)
→ Marshallese: Jepaan
→ Persian:
Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān)
⇒ Samoan: Iapani
→ Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
→ Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
→ Yoruba: Jèpáànì

→ French: Japon
⇒ Haitian Creole: Japon
→ Italian: Giappone
→ Khmer: ជប៉ុន (cĕəʼpon)
⇒ Lombard: Gjapon
→ Norman: Japon
→ Persian:
Iranian Persian: ژاپُن (žâpon)
⇒ Piedmontese: Giapon
→ Rade: Za pô nê (via japonais)
→ Turkish: Japon
→ Venetian: Giapòn

→ Latin: Iaponia, Iappōnia, Japonia (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: Japón
→ Guaraní: Hapõ
→ Tagalog: Hapon, Sapon (obsolete)

From Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).
With obsolete forms with /j/ initials such as Iapam, possibly influenced by Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).

der

Japan (an archipelago and country off the eastern coast of Asia)


Sumatra

Sumatra (the largest island in Indonesia)


alemão

/ɐ.lɨˈmɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleiman, from Latin Alamannus, from Proto-Germanic *Alamann-. Doublet of alamano.

German (Germanic language spoken mostly in Central Europe)


Bronx

the Bronx (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


Ceres

(Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)


Ceres

(astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet in the Solar System)


Dubrovnik

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Dùbrōvnīk.


Nilo

Learned borrowing from Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).


Seul

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Bogotá

Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)


Atlanta

Atlanta (the capital city of Georgia, United States)


Prussia

Porque é que a Austria e a Prussia não estão cumprindo com a sua parte do contracto ?


Gondwana

[ɡõ.dʊˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ɡõˈdwɐ̃.nɐ/

[ɡõ.dʊˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ɡõˈdwɐ̃.nɐ/

From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”).


Edgar

Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Edgar


Gilgamesh

[ɡiʊ̯.ɡaˈmɛʃ]

/ɡil.ɡɐˈmɛʃ/

[ɡiɫ.ɣɐˈmɛʃ]


Amata

(Roman mythology) Amata (wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia)


Palestina

From Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

der

Palaestina (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant, Asia)

State of Palestine
State of Palestine#English

Palestine, State of Palestine (a country in the Levant, Asia)


Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad (the largest city in Gujarat, India)


Polónia

Borrowed from Polish Polanie (“Poles”, literally “field dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *poľane, plural of *poľaninъ (“field dweller”), from *poľe (“field”) + *-ěninъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”).

der

República da Polónia
República da Polónia#Portuguese

Poland (a country in Central Europe; official name: República da Polónia)


Burgenland

Unadapted borrowing from German Burgenland.


Carinthia

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Caríntia.


Volga

Volga (A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea)


Etiopia

Obsolete spelling of Etiópia.: Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)


DIP

w:pt:Departamento de Imprensa e Propaganda

(Brazil, historical) Initialism of Departamento de Imprensa e Propaganda.


Xerxes

From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /Xšayāršā/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Assuero, via Hebrew.

der

Xerxes (name of various Persian emperors)


Marco

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark or Marcus


Tailândia

[taɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[taɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒjɐ]

[taɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[taɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒjɐ]


Nando

a diminutive of the male given name Fernando


Paulo

→ Arabic: باولو

→ Japanese: パウロ (Pauro)

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

(biblical) Paul (an early Christian apostle)


Isabel

From Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). The initial El- was lost probably because it was mistaken for an article.

a female given name, equivalent to English Isabel, Isabelle or Elizabeth


Guido

a male given name, equivalent to English Guy


Fernando

a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand


PSB

w:pt:Partido Socialista Brasileiro (1985)

(Brazil, politics) Initialism of Partido Socialista Brasileiro (“Brazilian Socialist Party”).


Hugo

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo


Flórida

Borrowed from English Florida, from Spanish Florida, from florida (“flowery”). Doublet of florida and Florida.


Alfonso

From Old Galician-Portuguese Alfonsso, Alfonso, from the same origin as Afonso (which see).

a male given name from Gothic, equivalent to English Alfonso, Alternative form of Afonso


Bruno

a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno


Lisboa

→ Catalan: Lisboa

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Lisboa

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Lisboa

→ Spanish: Lisboa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lixbõa, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna) from Vulgar Latin Olisipona, from Latin Olisīpō, possibly from Phoenician or Tartessian. Doublet of Olissipo.


Rapunzel

[χa.pũˈzɛʊ̯]


Kyoto

No século VIII, o Palácio Imperial em Heiankyo, atual Kyoto, passou a admitir trabalhadores para produzir o saquê. Assim, era mantido o controle de toda a produção da bebida para as oferendas religiosas, para as festividades e para o consumo da corte. Na época, o saquê era de uso restrito da corte imperial.

2015, Jo Takahashi, Izakaya: Por dentro dos botecos japoneses, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN, page 27:


STAB

(Brazil, rare) Acronym of Sociedade dos Técnicos Açucareiros e Alcooleiros do Brasil (“Society of Sugar and Alcohol Technologists of Brazil”).


Buda

Buda (the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and area of the modern city of Budapest, Hungary)


Joel

(biblical) Joel (a minor biblical prophet)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joel


Drina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Drina (a river in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Azrael

(Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Azrael (angel of death)


Mogilev

Borrowed from Russian Могилёв (Mogiljóv).


Novi Sad

Novi Sad (the capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia)


Adige

Borrowed from Italian Adige, from Latin Athesis.


Lucas

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lucas, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Luke and Lucas

(biblical) Luke (early Christian evangelist)

(biblical) Luke (a book of the New Testament)


Windhoek

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans and Dutch Windhoek, from wind (“wind”) + hoek (“corner, angle”).

ubor

Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)


Mainz

Unadapted borrowing from German Mainz, from Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language.

Mainz (a city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


APEC

Cooperação Econômica da Ásia e do Pacífico


Londres

From Old Galician-Portuguese Londres, ultimately from Latin Londinium, maybe via Old French Londres.

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Adis Abeba

Addis Ababa (the capital and largest city of Ethiopia)


Miguel

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Miguel (displacing collateral form Migael), from Latin Michāēlem, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”). Doublet of Michel, Maicol, Maicon, and Micael.

doublet

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael


Tromsø

Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

Tromsø (a city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway)


Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal (a village in Andalusia, Spain)

Guadalcanal (an island and province of the Solomon Islands)


Líbano

Learned borrowing from Latin Libanus, from Ancient Greek Λίβανος (Líbanos), from a Semitic source.

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Baja California

Baixa Califórnia
Baixa Califórnia#Portuguese


Batista

→ English: Batista


Anchorage

Anchorage (a city in Alaska, United States)


Dani

a diminutive of the female given name Daniela

a diminutive of the male given name Daniel


Moçambique

→ Gujarati: મોસંબી (mosambī)

→ Hindi: मौसंबी (mausambī)

Named after the Island of Mozambique, in turn derived from Musa al-Biq, the sultan of the island when the Portuguese got there.

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Chevrolet

Unadapted borrowing from English Chevrolet.

ubor

No galpão novo trator-de-esteira como que saído de fábrica, reluzindo o amarelão da pintura. Um Chevrolet último tipo, atarracado e brilhante.

1982, Josué Guimarães, “Mãos Sujas de Terra”, in Volnyr Santos, Walmor Santos, compilers, Antologia crítica do conto gaúcho, Porto Alegre: Sagra Luzzatto; WS Editor, published 1998, →ISBN, page 42:

In the shed, a new bulldozer, as if it had just left the factory, gleaming with yellow paint. A Chevrolet of the latest type, stocky and shiny.

Recebeu uma resposta de bate-pronto: "Petróleo e Feijão estão custando caro, mas um Chevrolet vale mais ainda", devolveu, lembrando do antigo apelido.

1986 December 8, Tonico Duarte, quoting Luisão Pereira, “Zagueiro por obra de Deus”, in Victor Civita, editor, Placar, number 863, São Paulo: Abril, O melhor do Paraná, page 26:

He received a snappy reply: "Oil and beans are expensive, but a Chevrolet is worth even more," he said, remembering his old nickname.


Silvia

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).


Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation#English

Received Pronunciation (English pronunciation used by the educated classes southeastern England)


Itália

>? Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)

Learned borrowing from Latin Ītalia (“Italy”), from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú) (a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy).

lbor

República Italiana
República Italiana#Portuguese

Italy (a country in Southern Europe; official name: República Italiana)

Italy (a peninsula in the Mediterranean)


Castela

Castile (a historical region and mediaeval kingdom in northern Spain)


Igor

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Igor


Minorca

Borrowed from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin [īnsula] minor (literally “smaller island”). Compare Maiorca.


Kosovo

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

ubor

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Alternative form of Cosovo: Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Transvaal

[tɾɐ̃zˈvaʊ̯]

[tɾɐ̃zˈvaʊ̯]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.vaˈaʊ̯]

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈvaʊ̯]

Transvaal (a geographical region and former province of South Africa)

(historical) Transvaal (a former country in Southern Africa)


Chichester

Chichester (a town in West Sussex, England)


Eduardo

Ultimately from Old English Ēadweard. Doublet of Duarte.

a male given name from Old English, equivalent to English Edward


Tatiana

Borrowed from Russian Татья́на (Tatʹjána).

bor+

Татьяна Татьяна#Russian

a female given name from Russian Татьяна (Tatʹjana), equivalent to English Tatiana


Genebra

Geneva (a city, the regional capital of Geneva canton, Switzerland)


Portsmouth

Unadapted borrowing from English Portsmouth.


Andes

Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.

Andes (a mountain range in South America)


Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola (particular carbonated soft drink)


Danielle

a female given name borrowed from French


Nina

Borrowed from Russian Ни́на (Nína), from Georgian ნინო (nino).

a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Nina


K2 (a mountain in Himalayas, the world’s second highest mountain)


Guiana

[ɡuɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[ɡuɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]


CEI

Initialism of Comunidade dos Estados Independentes.


Ariel

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Ariel


Roberta

a female given name, equivalent to English Roberta, feminine of Roberto


Marta

From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מָרְתָא.

der

Aramaic מָרְתָא

a female given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Martha

(biblical) Martha (sister of Lazarus and Mary)


Poltava

Borrowed from Ukrainian Полта́ва (Poltáva).

bor+

Poltava (an oblast in east-central Ukraine)

Poltava (a city, the administrative centre of Poltava Hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine)

Poltava (a raion of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine)


Calgary

Unadapted borrowing from English Calgary.

ubor

Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)

Calgary (a village on the island of Mull, Scotland)


Angelina

a female given name, equivalent to English Angelina

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Paula

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paula


Yuri

From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “Jorge”). Doublet of Jorge.


Somaliland

Somali Coast Protectorate
Somali Coast Protectorate

Somaliland (An unrecognized state in East Africa, de-facto independent of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate)


Antares

(astronomy) Antares (brightest star in the constellation Scorpio)


Antlia

(astronomy) Antlia (winter constellation of the northern sky)


Altair

(astronomy) Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)


Abkhazia

Republic of Abkhazia
Republic of Abkhazia

Alternative spelling of Abcásia: Abkhazia (A region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community)


Yoshida

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 吉田 (Yoshida).


Shiva

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit शिव (śiva).


Aalborg

Aalborg (the capital city of North Jutland, Denmark)


Amarillo

Amarillo (a city in the northwest plains of Texas, United States)


Cassiopeia

(Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)

(astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)


Emanuel

From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (imánu él, literally “God is with us”).

(biblical) Immanuel (figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Immanuel


Dorado

(astronomy) Dorado (small constellation in the southern sky)


Mira

From Old Galician-Portuguese *Mira, from Celtiberian *mira, from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”).

A village, parish, and municipality of the district of Coimbra, Portugal


Fomalhaut

Ultimately from Arabic فَمُ الْحُوت (famu l-ḥūt, literally “the fish mouth”).

der

فَمُ الْحُوت


Álvares

[ˈaɫ.vɐ.ɾɨʃ]

[ˈaɫ.vɐ.ɾɨʃ]

[ˈaɫ.βɐ.ɾɨʃ]

From Álvaro + -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Álvarez.


Algol

(astronomy) Algol (binary star in the constellation of Perseus)


Ucrânia

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Cardiff

Unadapted borrowing from English Cardiff.

ubor

Cardiff (a city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales)


Leo Minor

(astronomy, rare) Leo Minor (a spring constellation of the northern sky)


Bluetooth

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

(networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)


Babylonia

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Babilónia.


Assyria

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Assíria.


Michel

Borrowed from French Michel. Doublet of Miguel, Maicol, Maicon, and Micael.


Andhra Pradesh

Borrowed from Hindi आंध्र प्रदेश (āndhra pradeś).

bor+

आंध्र प्रदेश


José

From Old Galician-Portuguese Josef, from Latin Iōsephus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

(biblical) Joseph (favourite son of Jacob)

(biblical) Joseph (husband of Virgin Mary)


Indochina

Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)


Canes Venatici

(astronomy) Canes Venatici (dim spring constellation of the northern sky)


Canis Minor

(astronomy) Canis Minor (small winter constellation of the northern sky)


Parthia

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Pártia.


Aizu

Aizu (a region in western Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)


Albi

Albi (a town and commune of the Tarn department, France)


Daniela

a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel


Levi

a male given name, equivalent to English Levi


Ulan Bator

Borrowed from Russian Ула̀н-Ба́тор (Ulàn-Bátor), from Mongolian ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (Ulaɣanbaɣatur).

bor

Ула̀н-Ба́тор

der

^ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ

Ulaanbaatar (the capital city of Mongolia)


Paramaribo

Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)


Honiara

Honiara (the capital city of the Solomon Islands)


Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)


Rute

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


Dushanbe

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)


Alcyone

(astronomy) Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)


Ashgabat

Ashgabat (the capital city of Turkmenistan)


San José

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈsɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈzɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈsɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈzɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈsɛ/

[ˌsɐ̃.χoˈsɛ]

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈzɛ/

[ˌsɐ̃.χoˈzɛ]

San José (the capital city of Costa Rica)

San Jose (a city in California, United States)


San Salvador

San Salvador (the capital city of El Salvador)

San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)


Islamabad

Islamabad (the capital city of Pakistan)


Tegucigalpa

From Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)


Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Santo Domingo (the capital city of the Dominican Republic)


Cotonou

Alternative spelling of Cotonu, A city in Benin


Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begauã
Bandar Seri Begauã#Portuguese

Alternative spelling of Bandar Seri Begauã


Yaren

Yaren (the de facto capital city of Nauru)


Mora

A village and municipality of Évora district, Portugal


St. George's

Unadapted borrowing from English St. George's.

ubor

St. George's (the capital city of Grenada)


Malabo

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Malabo (the capital city of Equatorial Guinea)


Bishkek

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro (the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast)


Bridgetown

Bridgetown (the capital city of Barbados)


Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Bangui

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English

Bangui (the capital city of the Central African Republic)


Bissau

Bissau (the capital city of Guinea-Bissau)


Suva

Borrowed from Fijian Suva, from suva (“mound”), from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic *supa.


Lyon

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Brazzaville (the capital city of the Republic of the Congo)


Manama

Manama (a city, the capital city of Bahrain)


Moroni

(Mormonism) Moroni (prophet and leader mentioned in the Book of Mormon)


Moroni

Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)


Abidjan

Abidjan (the de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast)


Astana

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana), from Persian آستانه.


Brasília

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)


Santiago

From earlier Sant'Iago, contraction of santo (“saint”) + Iago (“James”), from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”) (hence also Tiago). Doublet of São Tiago.

(biblical) James (name of two of the twelve apostles)


Santiago

Santiago (one of the ten islands of Cape Verde)

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile#English

(informal) Santiago, Santiago de Chile (the capital city of Chile)

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

(informal) Santiago, Santiago de Compostela (a city in Galicia, Spain)


Natasha

a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Natasha


Leeds

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Leeds (a large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England)


Peshawar

North West Frontier
North West Frontier#English

Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)


Lahore

Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)


Adlai

(biblical) Adlai (father of one of King David’s officials)


Alessandra

/ɐ.lɨˈsɐ̃.dɾɐ/

a female given name, masculine equivalent Alessandro


Alessandro

Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Doublet of Alexandre, Alexandro, and Alexander.


Alberto

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Albert


Pedro

→ Konkani: पेद्रु (pedru)

From Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter


Tamara

a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara


Eva

From Old Galician-Portuguese Eva, from Latin Eva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

(Abrahamic religions) Eve (the first woman)

a female given name, equivalent to English Eve


Alcides

From Greek, meaning "descendant of Alcaeus".


Augusta

[aʊ̯ˈɡuʃ.tɐ]

a female given name, equivalent to English Augusta

Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)


Helena

Learned borrowing from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen


Shavuot

bor

Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת

(Judaism) Shavuot; Pentecost (Jewish spring festival)


Podgorica

Podgorica (the capital city of Montenegro)


Maicol

A Brazilian rendering of the English Michael. Doublet of Miguel, Michel, and Micael.


Grand Prix

/ˈɡɾɐ̃ ˈpɾiks/

Unadapted borrowing from French Grand Prix.


Pentecoste

→ Indonesian: pentakosta

desc

പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ

→ Malayalam: പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ (pentakkostā) (see alt forms there)

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).


Midas

(Greek mythology) Midas (king with the power to turn things into gold)