Negroponte
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
By rebracketing of the phrase στὸν Εὔριπον ("to Evripos") as στὸ Νεὔριπον ("to Nevripos"), thence Negroponte ("Black Bridge" in Italian) by folk etymology, the bridge being interpreted as the bridge of Chalcis.
Proper noun[edit]
Negroponte f
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Venetian Negroponte.
Proper noun[edit]
Negroponte f
- Former name of Eubeia.