Etymology

Braga

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Today it means: A surname from Portuguese. Full definition →

Portuguese Braga ← Old Galician-Portuguese Braga ← Latin Bracara Augusta
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Bracara
  2. Latin · derived fromBracara Augusta
  3. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromBraga
  4. Portuguese · derived fromBraga
  5. English todayBraga

From Portuguese Braga, Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.

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