Extremadura

English

Etymology

Believed to derive from Latin Extrēma Dūriī, alluding to the fact that the province is located beyond the Douro river.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛkstɹəməˈdʊəɹə/

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Proper noun

Extremadura

1. An autonomous province in western Spain. Capital: Mérida

Derived terms

• Extremaduran

Translations

autonomous province of Spain

• Catalan: Extremadura f
• Esperanto: Ekstremaduro
• Extremaduran: Estremaúra
• French: Estrémadure (fr) f, Extrémadure (fr) f
• Galician: Estremadura (gl) f

• Marathi: एक्स्त्रेमादुरा (ekstremādurā)
• Portuguese: Extremadura (pt) f, Estremadura (pt) f, Estremadura espanhola f
• Russian: Эстремаду́ра (ru) f (Estremadúra)
• Spanish: Extremadura (es) f

See also

• extremidad

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əks.tɾə.məˈdu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eks.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾa/

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• extremeny

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Estremadura, Estremadura espanhola

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

 

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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /is.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/, [is.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /iʃ.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ/, [iʃ.tɾe.maˈdu.ɾɐ]

 

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

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/, [(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ], (Portugal) /ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/, [ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Central Portugal) /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/, [(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ], (Central Portugal) /ejʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/, [ejʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Southern Portugal) /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/, [(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ], (Southern Portugal) /eʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/, [eʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• extremenho

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Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Believed to derive from Latin Extrēma Dūriī, alluding to the fact that the province is located beyond the Douro river.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstɾemaˈduɾa/, [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾe.maˈð̞u.ɾa]

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• extremeño

Further reading

• Extremadura on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es