Aveiro
English
Proper noun
Aveiro
- A district in northern Portugal.
- A city and municipality in Aveiro district, Portugal.
- A municipality in Pará, Brazil.
Portuguese
Etymology
There is in Medieval Latin the form Alavarius, but it is discarded by some (as if made up to account for some long initial A), who prefer Latin Averius, from Celtic *adberos (“estuary”). Cognate with Aveiras.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈve(j).ɾu/ [aˈve(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈve(j).ɾo/ [aˈve(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈvɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈbej.ɾu/ [aˈβej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈvej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈve.ɾu/
- Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
- Hyphenation: A‧vei‧ro
Audio (Portugal) (file)
Proper noun
Aveiro
Derived terms
References
- “Aveiro” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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