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)
• Portuguese: Horta (pt)

• Russian: О́рта (Órta)

Anagrams

• Ratho, Roath, Thora, Torah

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Hortānum

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan 𐌇𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌀 (hurta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhor.ta/, [ˈhɔr.t̪a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ta/, [ˈɔr.t̪a]

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾtɐ/

• Audio (Portugal)

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• Homophone: horta

Proper noun

Horta f

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

Proper noun

Horta m or f

1. A surname​.

Related terms

• hortense