Lugo

See also: lugo

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈluɡoʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Lugo

  1. A city of the province of the same name in Galicia, Spain, and its capital.
  2. A province in northeast Galicia, Spain.
  3. A comune in Romagna, Italy.

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lugo ?

  1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
  2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Spain)

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

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈluħo/ [ˈlu.ħʊ]

 
  • Rhymes: -uɡo
  • Rhymes: -uħo

  • Hyphenation: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo m

  1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
  2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Lūcus Augustī, from lūcus (sacred wood).

Proper noun

Lugo

  1. Lugo (a city in Galicia, Spain)

Descendants

  • Galician: Lugo
  • Portuguese: Lugo

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 ?

  1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
  2. Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluɡo/ [ˈlu.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -uɡo
  • Syllabification: Lu‧go

Proper noun

Lugo m

  1. Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Lugo)
  2. Lugo (a city in Lugo, Spain)

Derived terms