Braga

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See also: braga, bragă, Bragă, brága, and Bragą

English

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Etymology

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From Portuguese Braga, Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.

Proper noun

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Braga (countable and uncountable, plural Bragas)

  1. (countable) A surname from Portuguese.
  2. A placename
    1. A city in Braga district, Minho, Norte, Portugal
    2. A district of Minho, Norte, Portugal
    3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Proper noun

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Braga m

  1. inflection of Bragi:
    1. accusative
    2. dative
    3. genitive

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Braga

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Braga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbraɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: Bra‧ga

Proper noun

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Braga f

  1. Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)
  2. Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)
  3. Braga (a village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Braga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Braga

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari. Doublet of Brácara.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧ga

Proper noun

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Braga f

  1. Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)
  2. Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)
  3. A village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Usage notes

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

Descendants

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  • English: Braga
  • Chinese: 布拉加 (Bùlājiā) (transliteration)

Proper noun

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Braga m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From bragă.

Proper noun

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Braga m (genitive/dative lui Braga)

  1. a surname

References

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  • Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică