Guimarães

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin Vimaranes, named after Vimara Peres.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Guimarães

  1. A city in northern Portugal

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: Guimarães

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Guimarães, from Early Medieval Latin [Vīlla] Vīmarānem.[1] Cognate with Galician Guimaranes and Guimaréns.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃j̃s, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ
  • Hyphenation: Gui‧ma‧rães

Proper noun

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Guimarães

  1. A city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal
  2. A city and municipality of Maranhão, Brazil

Usage notes

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

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Proper noun

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Guimarães m or f by sense

  1. a habitational surname

References

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  1. ^ Guimarães”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024