Pontevedra

English

Proper noun

Pontevedra

1. A city in Galicia, Spain, and the capital of its province.
2. A province in southwestern Galicia, Spain.
3. A municipality of Capiz, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Ivisan, Jamindan, Ma-ayon, Mambusao, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas, Roxas City, Sapian, Sigma, Tapaz — city and municipalities of Capiz

4. A municipality of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Bago, Binalbagan, Cadiz, Calatrava, Candoni, Cauayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Enrique B. Magalona, Escalante, Himamaylan, Hinigaran, Hinoba-an, Ilog, Isabela, Kabankalan, La Carlota, La Castellana, Manapala, Moises Padilla, Murcia, Pontevedra, Pulupandan, Sagay, San Carlos, San Enrique, Silay, Sipalay, Talisay, Toboso, Valladolid, Victorias — cities and municipalities of Negros Occidental

Derived terms

• New Pontevedra

Translations

city

• Catalan: Pontevedra f
• Galician: Pontevedra (gl) f
• Marathi: पोंतेबेद्रा (pontebedrā)
• Portuguese: Pontevedra f
• Spanish: Pontevedra (es) f

province

• Catalan: Pontevedra f
• Galician: Pontevedra (gl) f
• Marathi: पोंतेबेद्रा (pontebedrā)
• Portuguese: Pontevedra f
• Spanish: Pontevedra (es) f

Catalan

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra

1. a surname
2. Pontevedra (a city in Spain)
3. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain)

Galician

Etymology

A place name with medieval origin; from ponte (“bridge”) + vedra (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ponteˈbɛdɾa/ [pon̪.t̪eˈβ̞ɛ.ð̞ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɾa
• Hyphenation: Pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

1. Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain)
   1. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
2. a village in Liñaio parish, Negreira, A Coruña, Galicia

Related terms

• lerense
• pontevedrés
• teucrino

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Pontevedra”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “Pontevedra” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /põ.tɨˈvɛ.dɾɐ/ [põ.tɨˈvɛ.ðɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /põ.tɨˈvɛ.dɾɐ/ [põ.tɨˈvɛ.ðɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /põ.tɨˈbɛ.dɾɐ/ [põ.tɨˈβɛ.ðɾɐ]

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛdɾɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛdɾa
• Hyphenation: Pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician ponte (“bridge”) + vedra (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ponteˈbedɾa/ [põn̪.t̪eˈβ̞e.ð̞ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -edɾa
• Syllabification: Pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

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

Derived terms

• lerense
• pontevedrés