Coimbra
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Coimbra, from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwēɴʹbrə, ko͞o.ēɴʹbrə, kō.ēɴʹbrə; IPA(key): /ˈkwĩbɹə/, /kuːˈĩbɹə/, /kəʊˈĩbɹə/
Proper noun
Coimbra
- A district in central Portugal.
- A city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal.
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Translations
city and municipality in Coimbra, Portugal
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin Conimbriga (“Condeixa-a-Velha”).
Descendants
- Portuguese: Coimbra
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra, from Latin Conimbriga (“Condeixa-a-Velha”), with the first element possibly being named after the Conii people, and the second element from Proto-Celtic *brigā. Doublet of Conímbriga.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈĩ.bɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈĩ.bɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkwĩ.bɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -ĩbɾɐ
- Hyphenation: Co‧im‧bra
Audio (Portugal) (file)
Proper noun
Coimbra f
- Coimbra (a district in central Portugal)
- Coimbra (a city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal)
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Derived terms
- coimbrão
- coimbrense
Related terms
- Coimbrões
- colimbriense
- conimbricense
Descendants
- → English: Coimbra
Further reading
- Coimbra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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