Amarante

See also: amarante

English

Proper noun

Amarante

1. A city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal.

Galician

Castle and manor house of Castro de Amarante

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Amarante, from the genitive of the Latin personal name Latin Amaranthus, from Ancient Greek αμάραντος (amárantos). Compare Portuguese Amarante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [amaˈɾantɪ]

Proper noun

Amarante ?

1. San Fiz de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
2. San Martiño de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
3. Santa Mariña do Castro de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
4. Santo Estevo do Castro de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
5. a parish of Maside, Ourense, Galicia
6. a locality in Cuíña parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia
7. a surname transferred from the place name

References

• “Amarante” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Amarante” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Amarante m

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Amarant

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin [Villa] Amaranthi (“Amarantus' villa”)

Proper noun

Amarante

1. a city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal

Descendants

• Galician: Amarante
• Portuguese: Amarante

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "Amarante"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Amarante, from Early Medieval Latin [Villa] Amaranthi (“Amarantus' villa”). Compare Galician Amarante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈɾɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: A‧ma‧ran‧te

• Audio (Portugal):

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Proper noun

Amarante ?

1. a settlement and former civil parish of Amarante, district of Porto, Portugal
2. a city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• amarantino

Related terms

• Amarantes
• Amarantinho

Proper noun

Amarante m or f by sense

1. a surname