Mondego

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mondego.

Proper noun

Mondego

1. A river in Portugal, the longest entirely in the country.

Portuguese

rio Mondego

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Mondego, from Latin (fluvius) Mondaecus, from Monda, Munda (“Mondego River”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈde.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈde.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈde.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈde.ɡu/ [mõˈde.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: Mon‧de‧go

Proper noun

Mondego m

1. Mondego (a river in Portugal)