Etymology

Port Royal

Today it means: A town and former capital of Jamaica. Full definition →

Spanish Puerto Real ← French Port-Royal
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  1. French · calque ofPort-Royal
  2. Spanish · calque ofPuerto Real
  3. English todayPort Royal

From port + royal. * (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real * (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal * (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

Words from the same roots

SpanishPuerto Real all →

Puerto Real

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