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Type Country
Scripts Португал(Serbian)
Pronounced Pron. poor-too-GHAL(European Portuguese) por-too-GOW(Brazilian Portuguese) PAWRCH-ə-gəl(English) PAWR-TUY-GAL(French) por-too-GAL(Spanish) POW-too-gal(German) pawr-TOO-gal(Indonesian)

Meaning & History

From Portugale, which was derived from PORTUS CALE, the old name of the city of Porto. The name of the city was later applied to the entire country.