Alcobaça

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُبَّةَ (al-qubbata, “dome”).[1] The Brazilian city is named after the Portuguese city of Alcobaça, Leiria.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.koˈba.sɐ/ [aʊ̯.koˈba.sɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.koˈba.sa/ [aʊ̯.koˈba.sa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.kuˈba.sɐ/ [aɫ.kuˈβa.sɐ]

  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Hyphenation: Al‧co‧ba‧ça
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)

Proper noun

Alcobaça f

  1. a toponym indicating the presence of a building with a dome:
    1. a city and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal;
    2. a place in Fiães parish, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal
  2. a city and municipality of Bahia, Brazil

Usage notes

Alcobaça is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

  • Alcoba
  • Alcobela

References

  1. ^ “Alcobaça”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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