Bragança

English

Alternative forms

• Braganza

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Brigantia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈɡanzə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/
• Rhymes: -ænzə, -ɑːnzə

Proper noun

Bragança

1. A district in northeastern Portugal.
2. A city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal.

Translations

city in the homonymous district of Portugal

• Arabic: بْرَاغَانْزَا f (brāḡānzā)
• Asturian: Bergancia f
• Basque: Bragantza
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: ব্রাগআনকা
• Bulgarian: Браганса f (Bragansa)
• Catalan: Bragança f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉干薩 (Bùlāgānsà)

• Finnish: Bragança
• French: Bragance (fr) f
• Galician: Braganza f
• Georgian: ბრაგანსა (bragansa)
• Greek: Μπραγκάνσα (el) f (Bragkánsa), Μπραγκάντσα f (Bragkántsa)
• Italian: Braganza f
• Japanese: ブラガンサ (Buragansa)
• Korean: 브라간사 (Beuragansa)
• Latin: Brigantia f, Bragantia f
• Lithuanian: Bragansa f
• Mirandese: Bergança f, Bergáncia f
• Persian: براگانسا (brâgânsâ)
• Portuguese: Bragança (pt) f
• Russian: Брага́нса (ru) f (Bragánsa)
• Spanish: Braganza (es) f
• Thai: บรากังซา (braa-gang-saa)
• Ukrainian: Брага́нса f (Brahánsa), Браґа́нса f (Bragánsa)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈɣan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾaˈɣan.sa]

Proper noun

Bragança f

1. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
2. Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/ [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃.sɐ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: Bra‧gan‧ça

Proper noun

Bragança f

1. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
2. Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal)

Usage notes

Bragança is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

• Bragança Paulista
• bragançano
• braganção
• bragancense
• bragantino

 

Related terms

• brigantino

Proper noun

Bragança m or f by sense

1. a surname