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

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)
• Polish: Estremadura (pl) f
• Portuguese: Extremadura (pt) f, Estremadura (pt) f, Estremadura espanhola 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): (Valencian) [eks.tɾe.maˈðu.ɾa]

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• extremeny

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Estremadura, Estremadura espanhola

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], /ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

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

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

Proper noun

Extremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)

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 of Spain)

Related terms

• extremeño

 

Further reading

• Extremadura on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es