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bragança

/bɹəˈɡɑnzə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bra-gan-ca
IPA
/bɹəˈɡɑnzə/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district in northeastern Portugal.

name

A city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Brigantia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/
  • British English: /bɹəˈɡanzə/

Inflected Forms

Braganza (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bragança?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/.
What does bragança mean?
A district in northeastern Portugal.
Where does bragança come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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