Guimarães

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Vimaranes, named after Vimara Peres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ma.ˈɾã.es/

Proper noun

Guimarães

1. A city in northern Portugal
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 238 (facsimile):

     E deſto uos direẏ Ora. una uengança que fez Jhu χρ̇ο en Guimarães […]

     And of this I will now tell you a vengeance that Jesus Christ did in Guimarães […]

Descendants

• Portuguese: Guimarães

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Guimarães, from Medieval Latin [Vīlla] Vīmarānem. Cognate with Galician Guimaranes and Guimaréns.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃j̃s/ [ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃j̃s/ [ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ/ [ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡi.mɐˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ/

• Audio (Portugal)

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃j̃s, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ
• Hyphenation: Gui‧ma‧rães

Proper noun

Guimarães

1. A city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal
2. A city and municipality of Maranhão, Brazil

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• Vímara
• Vimarães
• vimaranense

 

Proper noun

Guimarães m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname