Etymology

Algarve

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Today it means: The southernmost region of Portugal. Full definition →

Portuguese Algarve ← Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve ← Arabic الغَرْب
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromالغَرْب“the west”
  2. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromAlgarve
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromAlgarve“Algarve”
  4. English todayAlgarve

Borrowed from Portuguese Algarve (“Algarve”), from Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

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