Lugo

See also: lugo

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lugo

1. A city of the province of the same name in Galicia, Spain, and its capital.
2. A province in northeast Galicia, Spain.

Translations

city

• Galician: Lugo (gl)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lugo

• Portuguese: Lugo
• Spanish: Lugo (es) m

province

• Galician: Lugo (gl)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lugo

• Portuguese: Lugo
• Spanish: Lugo (es) m

Anagrams

• goul

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈlu.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈlu.ɣo]
• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo ?

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Spain)

Galician

Roman walls of Lugo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, founded by Augustus as capital of the Roman district of Gallaecia Lucense after the conquest of northwestern Iberia. From lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Portuguese Lugo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈluħo/ [ˈlu.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -uɡo

• (standard) Rhymes: -uɡo
• (gheada) Rhymes: -uħo

• Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo m

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

Related terms

• lucense
• lugués

References

• “Lugo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “Lugo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (“sacred wood”).

Proper noun

Lugo

1. Lugo (a city in Galicia, Spain)

Related terms

• lume
• luz
• Luzia
• lũa
• lũar
• lũes

 

Descendants

• Galician: Lugo
• Portuguese: Lugo

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "Lugo"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Galician Lugo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/ [ˈlu.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -uɡu
• Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Syllabification: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo m

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Lugo)
2. Lugo (a city in Lugo, Spain)

Derived terms

• lucense
• lugués