Lugo

See also: lugo

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Lugo

1. A city of the province of the same name in Galicia, Spain, and its capital.
2. A province in northeast Galicia, Spain.
3. A comune in Romagna, Italy.

Translations

city

• Galician: Lugo (gl)
• Italian: Lugo
• Marathi: लुगो (lugo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lugo

• Portuguese: Lugo
• Sicilian: Lugu m
• Spanish: Lugo (es) m

province

• Galician: Lugo (gl)
• Marathi: लुगो (lugo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lugo

• Portuguese: Lugo
• Spanish: Lugo (es) m

Anagrams

• goul

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈlu.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlu.ɣo]
• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo ?

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Spain)

Galician

Roman walls of Lugo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, founded by Augustus as capital of the Roman district of Gallaecia Lucense after the conquest of northwestern Iberia. From lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Portuguese Lugo, Italian Lugo (and Lucania).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈluħo/ [ˈlu.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -uɡo

• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Rhymes: -uħo

• Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo m

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

Related terms

• lucense
• lugués

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Lugo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Lugo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (“sacred wood”).

Proper noun

Lugo

1. Lugo (a city in Galicia, Spain)

Related terms

• lume
• luz
• Luzia
• lũa
• lũar
• lũes

Descendants

• Galician: Lugo
• Portuguese: Lugo

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "Lugo"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Galician Lugo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/ [ˈlu.ɣu]

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -uɡu, (Southern Brazil) -uɡo
• Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo ?

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Syllabification: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo m

1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Lugo)
2. Lugo (a city in Lugo, Spain)

Derived terms

• lucense
• lugués