Amarante
See also: amarante
English
Proper noun
Amarante
- A city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal.
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Amarante, from the genitive of the Latin personal name Latin Amaranthus, from Ancient Greek αμάραντος (amárantos). Compare Portuguese Amarante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [amaˈɾantɪ]
Proper noun
Amarante ?
- San Fiz de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
- San Martiño de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
- Santa Mariña do Castro de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
- Santo Estevo do Castro de Amarante (a parish of Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Galicia)
- a parish of Maside, Ourense, Galicia
- a locality in Cuíña parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia
- a surname transferred from the place name
References
- “Amarante” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Amarante” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
German
Pronunciation
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Noun
Amarante m
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Amarant
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin [Villa] Amaranthi (“Amarantus' villa”)
Proper noun
Amarante
- a city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Amarante, from Early Medieval Latin [Villa] Amaranthi (“Amarantus' villa”).[1] Compare Galician Amarante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.maˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.maˈɾɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
Proper noun
Amarante ?
- a settlement and former civil parish of Amarante, district of Porto, Portugal
- a city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal
Usage notes
Amarante is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Derived terms
Related terms
- Amarantes
- Amarantinho
Proper noun
Amarante m or f by sense
- a surname
References
- ^ “Amarante”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025