Lugo
See also: lugo
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈluɡoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Lugo
- A city of the province of the same name in Galicia, Spain, and its capital.
- A province in northeast Galicia, Spain.
- A comune in Romagna, Italy.
Translations
city
province
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈlu.ɣu]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlu.ɣo]
- Rhymes: -uɡo
- Hyphenation: Lu‧go
Proper noun
Lugo ?
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, founded by Augustus as capital of the Roman district of Gallaecia Lucense after the conquest of northwestern Iberia. From lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Portuguese Lugo, Italian Lugo (and Lucania).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɡo
- Rhymes: -uħo
- Hyphenation: Lu‧go
Proper noun
Lugo m
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Lugo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Lugo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (“sacred wood”).
Proper noun
Lugo
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Galician Lugo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɡu/ [ˈlu.ɣu]
- Rhymes: (most dialects) -uɡu, (Southern Brazil) -uɡo
- Hyphenation: Lu‧go
Proper noun
Lugo ?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -uɡo
- Syllabification: Lu‧go
Proper noun
Lugo m