Vouga

English

Proper noun

Vouga

  1. A river in the Central Region of Portugal.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Vouga, from Latin *Vauca, metathesized from Vacua (“Vouga”), from Iberian [Term?].[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvo(w).ɡɐ/ [ˈvo(ʊ̯).ɡɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvo(w).ɡa/ [ˈvo(ʊ̯).ɡa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvo(w).ɡɐ/ [ˈvo(w).ɣɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbow.ɡɐ/ [ˈbow.ɣɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvo.ɡɐ/ [ˈvo.ɣɐ]

  • Rhymes: -owɡɐ, -oɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: Vou‧ga

Proper noun

Vouga m

  1. Vouga (a river in Portugal)

Derived terms

References

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