# Portugal

Pronunciation: US say "POR-chuh-guhl" /ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/; UK say "PAW-chuh-guhl" /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/

## Proper noun

1. A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, officially the Portuguese Republic, with Lisbon as its capital and largest city.
   - Simple: A country in southwestern Europe, next to Spain, with Lisbon as its capital.
   - _Portugal joined the European Economic Community in 1986._
   - _The western coastline of Portugal stretches along the Atlantic Ocean._

## Noun

2. A native or inhabitant of Portugal. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A person who comes from Portugal.

## Origin

English borrowed the name from Portuguese Portugal. Its Latin source, Portucale, comes from Portus Cale, an ancient port town around today's Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. That name joins portus with Cale, a word whose origin is disputed. Suggested sources include Latin calidus ("warm") and the Gallaeci, a Celtic people of Iberia. Others point to Ancient Greek Καλλίς ("Beautiful"), said to refer to the Douro valley, or to Ancient Greek Γαῖα ("goddess of the Earth") as pronounced by Iberian speakers.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/portugal (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).