Guimarães

From Latin Vimaranes, named after Vimara Peres.

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ma.ˈɾã.es/

Guimarães

1. a city in northern Portugal
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 238 (facsimile):

     E deſto uos direẏ Ora. una uengança que fez Jhu χρ̇ο en Guimarães […]

     And of this I will now tell you a vengeance that Jesus Christ did in Guimarães […]

• Portuguese: Guimarães

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Guimarães, from Early Medieval Latin [Vīlla] Vīmarānem.^[1] Cognate with Galician Guimarans and Guimaréns.

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃j̃s, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ
• Hyphenation: Gui‧ma‧rães

Guimarães ?

1. a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal
2. a city and municipality of Maranhão, Brazil

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

Guimarães m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname