Estremadura

See also: Estremadurą, Estremadūra, Estremadūrą, and Èstrèmadura

English

Proper noun

Estremadura

1. Alternative form of Extremadura: An autonomous community in western Spain.

Anagrams

• durae matres

Asturian

Proper noun

Estremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Related terms

• estremeñu

Galician

Proper noun

Estremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Related terms

• estremeño

Italian

Proper noun

Estremadura ?

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Spanish Extremadura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.trɛ.maˈdu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: Es‧tre‧ma‧du‧ra

Proper noun

Estremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Declension

Declension of Estremadura

	singular
nominative	Estremadura
genitive	Estremadury
dative	Estremadurze
accusative	Estremadurę
instrumental	Estremadurą
locative	Estremadurze
vocative	Estremaduro

Derived terms

adjective

• estremadurski

nouns

• Estremadurczyk
• Estremadurka

Further reading

• Estremadura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Estremadura, presumably related to Spanish Extremadura, which is in turn may come from Latin Extrēma Dūriī, alluding to the fact that those regions are located beyond the Douro river. In the case of the Portuguese region, later reinterpreted as being the "extreme" (that is, westernmost region) of mainland Portugal and Europe. It's thus possible then that the ⟨s⟩ could be intrusive or otherwise unetymological (perhaps under the influence of Estrímnio), but, in the abscence of a clear etymology, the same could be said for the alternative ⟨x⟩.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/, /es.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/, /es.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/, /eʃ.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: Es‧tre‧ma‧du‧ra

Proper noun

Estremadura f

1. a traditional region in western-central mainland Portugal

   Synonym: Estremadura Portuguesa (rare)

2. alternative form of Extremadura (“an autonomous community in western Spain”)

   Synonym: Estremadura Leonesa (rare)

Usage notes

• Estremadura (with an ⟨s⟩) is favored when referring to the Portuguese region, in contrast with Extremadura (with an ⟨x⟩) which is favored when speaking of the Spanish region.
• The epithet Leonesa may be (rarely) used in speech to distinguish the Spanish region from the Portuguese one.

Related terms

• estremenho