Portugal is the country of Lisbon, at Europe's western edge by the ocean. Travel to Portugal, born in Portugal, the south of Portugal.
Its border with Spain is among the oldest in Europe, essentially unchanged since the thirteenth century. Portuguese is spoken by more people than French, chiefly because of Brazil, and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake reshaped European thought about disaster.
1nounportugalA country in western Europe.
“Lisbon is the capital of Portugal.”
portugal is a country.
Latin
Portucale
Portuguese
Portugal
English
Portugal
English, today
portugal
Portugal Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus + Callus, which is disputed:
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