Pontevedra

English

Proper noun

Pontevedra

  1. A city in Galicia, Spain, and the capital of its province.
  2. A province in southwestern Galicia, Spain.

Translations

Catalan

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

  1. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
  2. Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Spain)

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra

  1. a surname
  2. Pontevedra (a city in Spain)
  3. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain)

Galician

Etymology

A place name with medieval origin; from ponte (“bridge”) + vedra (“old”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ponteˈβɛðɾa̝/

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

  1. Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain)
    1. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
  2. A village in Liñaio parish, Negreira, A Coruña, Galicia

References
  • “Pontevedra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Pontevedra” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /põ.tɨˈvɛ.dɾɐ/ [põ.tɨˈvɛ.ðɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: Pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

  1. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
  2. Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Spain)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ponteˈbedɾa/ [põn̪.t̪eˈβ̞e.ð̞ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -edɾa
  • Syllabification: Pon‧te‧ve‧dra

Proper noun

Pontevedra f

  1. Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
  2. Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Spain)

Derived terms
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