Horta

See also: horta

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Horta.

Proper noun

Horta

1. A municipality and city on Faial island, Azores, Portugal.

Translations

municipality and city

• Armenian: Օրտա (Ōrta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧爾塔／奥尔塔 (Ào'ěrtǎ)

• Portuguese: Horta (pt) f
• Russian: О́рта (Órta)

Anagrams

• Ratho, Roath, Thora, Torah

Catalan

Proper noun

Horta f

1. A neighborhood of Barcelona

Further reading

• barri d'Horta on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

French

Proper noun

Horta ?

1. a surname

   Victor Horta, b. 1861

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hortānum

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan 𐌇𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌀 (hurta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhor.ta/, [ˈhɔrt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ta/, [ˈɔrt̪ä]

Proper noun

Horta f sg (genitive Hortae); first declension

1. A town in Etruria, in modern-day Italy, situated on the right bank of the Tiber; now Orte.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Horta
Genitive	Hortae
Dative	Hortae
Accusative	Hortam
Ablative	Hortā
Vocative	Horta
Locative	Hortae

Derived terms

• Hortānus

References

• Horta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Horta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɻ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/

• Homophone: horta
• Hyphenation: Hor‧ta

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Etymology 1

Named after Josse van Huerter, probably with influence from horta.

Proper noun

Horta f

1. Horta (a municipality and city on Faial island, Azores, Portugal)

   Cidade da Horta ― City of Horta

Derived terms

• hortense

Related terms

• Dutra

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Horta m or f by sense

1. a surname