Algarve

Borrowed from Portuguese Algarve (“Algarve”), from Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

Algarve

1. The southernmost region of Portugal.

Borrowed from Portuguese Algarve (“Algarve”), from Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈɣar.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈɣar.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈɣaɾ.ve]

Algarve m

1. Algarve (a traditional region and former kingdom in Portugal)

• Uses the definite article: l'Algarve.

• algarvès

From Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

• Rhymes: -aɾbe

Algarve m

1. Algarve (a traditional region and former kingdom in Portugal)

• algarvío

• IPA^(key): /alˈɡaʁvə/

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die/der Algarve f or m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive der/des Algarve)

1. Algarve (a traditional region and former kingdom in Portugal)

• Normally feminine in general use. The masculine gender is chiefly learned.

• “Algarve” in Duden online
• Algarve on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

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• Hyphenation: Al‧gar‧ve

Algarve m

1. Algarve (a traditional region and former kingdom in Portugal)
2. (historical) the Algarves, the southernmost region of continental Portugal, as well as Portugal's North African holdings.

• Uses the definite article: o Algarve.

• Algarves (historical)
• Algarve de Aquém-Mar (historical)
• Algarve de Além-Mar (historical)

From Portuguese Algarve, ultimately from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

• IPA^(key): /alˈɡaɾbe/ [alˈɣ̞aɾ.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -aɾbe
• Syllabification: Al‧gar‧ve

Algarve m

1. alternative spelling of Algarbe

• There are good arguments for either spelling: Algarve is the Portuguese version of the toponym, whereas Algarbe more closely resembles the Arabic root; as such, neither spelling is officially proscribed. In any case, both spellings are homophonic due to the betacism ubiquitous in modern Spanish.