Bragança
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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.
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Bragança
- A district in northeastern Portugal.
- A city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal.
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city in the homonymous district of Portugal
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Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança.
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Bragança f
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Etymology edit
From Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).
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Bragança f
- Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)
- Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal)
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Bragança is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
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Bragança m or f by sense
- a surname