葡萄牙

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Chinese

grape; to be jealous; to envy tooth; ivory
trad. (葡萄牙) 葡萄
simp. #(葡萄牙) 葡萄

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Portuguese Portugal or Latin Portugallia, possibly via Min Nan 葡萄牙 (Phû-tô-gâ).

The selection of 葡萄 (“grape”) in the phonetic transcription alludes to the importance of viniculture to the early Portuguese missionaries to China, who used grapes to make sacramental wine (葡萄酒).

Compare 西班牙 (Xībānyá, “Spain”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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  1. Portugal (a country in Europe)

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (葡萄牙):
  • Vietnamese: Bồ Đào Nha (葡萄牙)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぽる
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō
がる
Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá)

Proper noun

葡萄牙(ポルトガル) or 葡萄牙(proper) (porutogaru or proper[[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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  1. Rare spelling of ポルトガル (Portugal).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

葡萄牙

  1. chữ Hán form of Bồ Đào Nha (Portugal).