Braga

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See also: braga, bragă, Bragă, brága, and Bragą

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese Braga, Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.

Proper noun[edit]

Braga (countable and uncountable, plural Bragas)

  1. (countable) A surname from Portuguese.
  2. A placename
    1. A city in Braga district, Minho, Norte, Portugal
    2. A district of Minho, Norte, Portugal
    3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Anagrams[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Braga m

  1. inflection of Bragi:
    1. accusative
    2. dative
    3. genitive

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Braga

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese Braga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbra.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: Bra‧ga

Proper noun[edit]

Braga f

  1. Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)
  2. Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)
  3. Braga (a village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Braga
singular
nominative Braga
genitive Bragi
dative Bradze
accusative Bragę
instrumental Bragą
locative Bradze
vocative Brago

Further reading[edit]

  • Braga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Braga

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari. Doublet of Brácara.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Audio (Portugal)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧ga

Proper noun[edit]

Braga f

  1. Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)
  2. Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)
  3. A village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Usage notes[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Braga
  • → Chinese: → 布拉加 (Bùlājiā) (transliteration)

Proper noun[edit]

Braga m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bragă.

Proper noun[edit]

Braga m (genitive/dative lui Braga)

  1. a surname

References[edit]

  • Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
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