Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰonts“high”
- Proto-Celtic*Brigantī
- LatinBrigantia
- PortugueseBragança
- EnglishBragança
Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Brigantia.
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Arabic بْرَاغَانْزَا
- بْرَاغَانْزَا (brāḡānzā)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Basque Bragantza
- Bragantzacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Bulgarian Браганса
- Браганса (Bragansa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Catalan Bragança
- Bragançacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Chinese Mandarin 布拉干薩 /布拉干萨
- 布拉干薩 /布拉干萨 (Bùlāgānsà)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Finnish Bragança
- Bragançacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
French Bragance
- Bragancecity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Greek Μπραγκάνσα, Μπραγκάντσα
- Μπραγκάνσα (Bragkánsa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
- Μπραγκάντσα (Bragkántsa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Italian Braganza
- Braganzacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Japanese ブラガンサ
- ブラガンサ (Buragansa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Korean 브라간사
- 브라간사 (Beuragansa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Latin Brigantia, Bragantia
- Brigantiacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
- Bragantiacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Lithuanian Bragansa
- Bragansacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Persian براگانسا
- براگانسا (brâgânsâ)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Portuguese Bragança
- Bragançacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Russian Брага́нса
- Брага́нса (Bragánsa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Spanish Braganza
- Braganzacity in the homonymous district of Portugal
Thai บรากังซา
- บรากังซา (braa-gang-saa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Ukrainian Брага́нса, Браґа́нса
- Брага́нса (Brahánsa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
- Браґа́нса (Bragánsa)city in the homonymous district of Portugal
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
Bragança. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bragan%C3%A7a
MLA
“Bragança.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bragan%C3%A7a. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bragança,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bragan%C3%A7a.
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