Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alter (from Latin Villa Abelterii) + do + chão (“flat ground”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtɛ(ʁ) du ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯ˈtɛ(h) du ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtɛ(ʁ) du ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯ˈtɛ(h) du ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /awˈtɛ(ɾ) du ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯ˈtɛ(ɾ) du ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awˈtɛ(ʁ) du ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯ˈtɛ(χ) du ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtɛ(ɻ) do ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯ˈtɛ(ɻ) do ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Proper noun[edit]
Alter do Chão
- A village and municipality of Portalegre district, Portugal
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