Aveiro

English

Proper noun

Aveiro

  1. A district in northern Portugal.
  2. A city and municipality in Aveiro district, Portugal.
  3. A municipality in Pará, Brazil.

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from medieval Latin Alavarius or from Averius, from Celtic *adberos (“estuary”). Cognate with Aveiras.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈve(j).ɾu/ [aˈve(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈve(j).ɾo/ [aˈve(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
  • Hyphenation: A‧vei‧ro
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)

Proper noun

Aveiro m or f

  1. Aveiro (a city and municipality of Aveiro district, Portugal)
    • 2020-05-12, “Festival Aveiro é Nosso celebra a cultura de Aveiro de 13 a 17 de Maio [Festival Aveiro is Ours celebrates the culture of Aveiro on 13 and 17 of May]”, in Comunidade, Cultura e Arte‎[1]:
  2. Aveiro (a district in northern Portugal)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

References

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