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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Extremadura

2. An autonomous community in western Spain. Capital: Mérida.

Derived terms

• Extremaduran

Translations

autonomous province of Spain

• Catalan: Extremadura f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃斯特雷馬杜拉 / 埃斯特雷马杜拉 (Āisītèléimǎdùlā)

• Esperanto: Ekstremaduro
• Extremaduran: Estremaúra
• French: Estrémadure (fr) f, Extrémadure (fr) f
• Galician: Estremadura (gl) f
• Marathi: एक्स्त्रेमादुरा (ekstremādurā)
• Polish: Estremadura (pl) f
• Portuguese: Extremadura Leonesa f
• Russian: Эстремаду́ра (ru) f (Estremadúra)
• Spanish: Extremadura (es) f
• Swedish: Extremadura

See also

• extremidad

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əks.tɾə.məˈðu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.tɾe.maˈðu.ɾa]

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Related terms

• extremeny

Portuguese

Etymology

Believed to derive 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 most "extreme" (that is, westernmost) region of mainland Portugal and Europe.

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): /ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ], /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

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

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

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Estremadura.

   Synonym: Extremadura Portuguesa (rare)

2. an autonomous community in western Spain; capital: Mérida.

   Synonym: Extremadura Leonesa (rare)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• extremenho

Spanish

Etymology

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]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: Ex‧tre‧ma‧du‧ra

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Related terms

• extremeño

Further reading

• Extremadura on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es