Guimarães

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Vimaranes, named after Vimara Peres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi.ma.ˈɾã.es/

Proper noun

Guimarães

  1. A city in northern Portugal

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/

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃j̃s, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ
  • Hyphenation: Gui‧ma‧rães

Proper noun

Guimarães

  1. A city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal
  2. A city and municipality of Maranhão, Brazil

Usage notes

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

Proper noun

Guimarães m or f by sense

  1. a habitational surname

References

  1. Guimarães” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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