Almada

See also: almada

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Almadã, from Arabic المَعْدِن (al-maʕdin, literally “the mine”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈma.dɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈma.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈma.dɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈma.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈma.da/ [aʊ̯ˈma.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈma.dɐ/ [aɫˈma.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: Al‧ma‧da

• Audio (Portugal)

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Proper noun

Almada f

1. A city and municipality of Setúbal district, Portugal

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• almadense

Proper noun

Almada m or f

1. a surname