Guimarães
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Vimaranes, named after Vimara Peres.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi.ma.ˈɾã.es/
Proper noun
Guimarães
- A city in northern Portugal
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 238 (facsimile):
- E deſto uos direẏ Ora. una uengança que fez Jhu χρ̇ο en Guimarães […]
- And of this I will now tell you a vengeance that Jesus Christ did in Guimarães […]
- E deſto uos direẏ Ora. una uengança que fez Jhu χρ̇ο en Guimarães […]
Descendants
- Portuguese: Guimarães
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Guimarães, from Medieval Latin [Vīlla] Vīmarānem.[1] Cognate with Galician Guimaranes and Guimaréns.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃j̃s/ [ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ/ [ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡi.mɐˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ/
Audio (Portugal) (file) - Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃j̃s, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ
- Hyphenation: Gui‧ma‧rães
Proper noun
Guimarães
- A city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal
- A city and municipality of Maranhão, Brazil
Related terms
- Vímara
- Vimarães
- vimaranense
References
- “Guimarães” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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