Portela
See also: portela
English
editEtymology
editFrom Galician Portela (“mountain pass”).
Proper noun
editPortela (plural Portelas)
- A surname from Galician.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Portela is the 20088th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1330 individuals. Portela is most common among Hispanic/Latino (71.65%) and White (26.39%) individuals.
Anagrams
editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom portela (“mountain pass”), from Latin porta (“gate”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPortela f
- A parish of Verea, Ourense, Galicia
- A Portela do Trigal (a parish of Carballeda de Valdeorras, Ourense, Galicia)
- A parish of Vilamartín de Valdeorras, Ourense, Galicia
- A parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia
- A parish of Barro, Pontevedra, Galicia
- a large number of villages all along Galicia
- a toponymical surname
References
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- English terms derived from Galician
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- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Galician
- English 3-syllable words
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Places in Galicia
- gl:Places in Spain
- Galician surnames
- gl:Villages