Estremadura

Estremadura

1. Alternative form of Extremadura: An autonomous community in western Spain.

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Estremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

• estremeñu

Estremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

• estremeño

Estremadura ?

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

Derived from Spanish Extremadura.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.trɛ.maˈdu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: Es‧tre‧ma‧du‧ra

Estremadura f

1. Extremadura (an autonomous community in western Spain)

• Estremadura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Estremadura, presumably related to Spanish Extremadura, which is in turn may come from Latin Extrēma Dūriī, alluding to the fact that those regions are located beyond the Douro river. In the case of the Portuguese region, later reinterpreted as being the "extreme" (that is, westernmost region) of mainland Portugal and Europe. It's thus possible then that the ⟨s⟩ could be intrusive or otherwise unetymological (perhaps under the influence of Estrímnio), but, in the abscence of a clear etymology, the same could be said for the alternative ⟨x⟩.

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: Es‧tre‧ma‧du‧ra

Estremadura f

1. a traditional region in western-central mainland Portugal

   Synonym: Estremadura Portuguesa (rare)

2. alternative form of Extremadura (“an autonomous community in western Spain”)

   Synonym: Estremadura Leonesa (rare)

• Estremadura (with an ⟨s⟩) is favored when referring to the Portuguese region, in contrast with Extremadura (with an ⟨x⟩) which is favored when speaking of the Spanish region.
• The epithet Leonesa may be (rarely) used in speech to distinguish the Spanish region from the Portuguese one.

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