Bragança

English

Alternative forms

• Braganza

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Brigantia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈɡanzə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/
• Rhymes: -ænzə, -ɑːnzə

Proper noun

Bragança

1. A district in northeastern Portugal.
2. A city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal.

Translations

city in the homonymous district of Portugal

• Arabic: بْرَاغَانْزَا f (brāḡānzā)
• Asturian: Bergancia f
• Basque: Bragantza
• Bulgarian: Браганса f (Bragansa)
• Catalan: Bragança f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉干薩 / 布拉干萨 (Bùlāgānsà)

• Finnish: Bragança
• French: Bragance (fr) f
• Galician: Braganza f
• Georgian: ბრაგანსა (bragansa)
• Greek: Μπραγκάνσα (el) f (Bragkánsa), Μπραγκάντσα f (Bragkántsa)
• Italian: Braganza f
• Japanese: ブラガンサ (Buragansa)
• Korean: 브라간사 (Beuragansa)
• Latin: Brigantia f, Bragantia f
• Lithuanian: Bragansa f
• Manipuri:

  Bishnupriya Manipuri: ব্রাগআনকা

• Mirandese: Bergança f, Bergáncia f
• Persian: براگانسا (brâgânsâ)
• Portuguese: Bragança (pt) f
• Russian: Брага́нса (ru) f (Bragánsa)
• Spanish: Braganza (es) f
• Thai: บรากังซา (braa-gang-saa)
• Ukrainian: Брага́нса f (Brahánsa), Браґа́нса f (Bragánsa)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈɣan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾaˈɣan.sa]

Proper noun

Bragança f

1. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
2. Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal)

Portuguese

Localização do distrito de Bragança em Portugal

Etymology

From Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/ [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃.sɐ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: Bra‧gan‧ça

Proper noun

Bragança f

1. Bragança (a city and municipality of the district of Bragança, Portugal)
2. Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
3. Bragança (a municipality of Pará, Brazil)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• Bragança Paulista
• bragançano
• braganção
• bragancense
• bragantino

Related terms

• brigantino

Proper noun

Bragança m or f by sense

1. a surname