Matosinhos

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Matosinhos.

Proper noun

Matosinhos

1. A city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Matozinhos (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.toˈzĩ.ɲus/ [ma.toˈzĩ.j̃us]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.toˈzĩ.ɲus/ [ma.toˈzĩ.j̃us]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.toˈzĩ.ɲuʃ/ [ma.toˈzĩ.j̃uʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.toˈzi.ɲos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.tuˈzi.ɲuʃ/

• Homophone: Matozinhos
• Hyphenation: Ma‧to‧si‧nhos

• Audio (Portugal):

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Proper noun

Matosinhos ?

1. a settlement and civil parish of Matosinhos, district of Porto, Portugal
2. a city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal

   Synonym: (obsolete) Bouças

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• matosinhense, matosinheiro