portugalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Portingale, Portugall, Portingall (obsolete)

語源

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus + Callus, which is disputed:

• From the name of the Gallaeci, a Celtic tribe of Iberia.
• From Latin calidus (“warm”).
• From Ancient Greek Καλλίς (Kallís, “Beautiful”), referring to the Douro valley; see καλός (kalós, “beautiful”).
• An Iberian pronunciation of Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa, “goddess of the Earth”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/, /ˈpɔːtjəɡəl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/
• (General American, rare) IPA: /ˈpɔɹtuɡɑːl/

固有名詞

Portugal

1. A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
   • 2000, Glanville Price, Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe, reprint, illustrated edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 367:

     A distinction is usually made between Old Portuguese (português antigo, português arcaico), referring to the period from the earliest texts to 1540, Classical Portuguese (1540-1850), and Modern Portuguese (1850 to the present). There is sometimes a further subdivision of the Old Portuguese period into a Galician-Portuguese period (origins to 1350), during which the linguistic and cultural unit of Galicia and Portugal remained strong, and the Old Portuguese period proper (1350-1540).

   • 2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN‎:

     Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.

同意語

• Lusitania

派生語

名詞

Portugal (plural Portugals)

1. (now rare) A Portuguese person.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Some became Christians, from whose faith and race, even at this day (for it is an hundred yeares since) few Portugalls assure themselves; although custome and length of time be much more forcible counsellors unto such mutations than any other compulsion.

参考

• Portugal § Etymology on Wikipedia

• Countries of the world

参照

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• Portugal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia