Douro

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proper noun

A river in northern Spain and Portugal.

OriginPortuguese Douro ← Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro ← Latin Durius →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in northern Spain and Portugal.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*dubros“water”
  2. LatinDurius
  3. Old Galician-PortugueseDoiro
  4. PortugueseDouro
  5. EnglishDouro

Borrowed from Portuguese Douro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Durius, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

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Translations

Basque Duero
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Bengali দোরু
  • দোরু (dōru)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Bulgarian Дуеро
  • Дуеро (Duero)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Catalan Duero, Douro
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Douroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Chinese Mandarin 杜羅河 /杜罗河
  • 杜羅河 /杜罗河 (Dùluó hé)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Esperanto Doŭro
  • Doŭroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
French Douro, Duero
  • Douroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
German Douro, Duero
  • Douroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Greek Δούρος
  • Δούρος (Doúros)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Hindi दोरू
  • दोरू (dorū)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Hungarian Duero
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Japanese ドウロ
  • ドウロ (Douro)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Korean 도루강, 두에로
  • 도루강river in northern Spain and Portugal
  • 두에로 (Duero)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Latin Durius, Dorius
  • Duriusriver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Doriusriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Latvian Douru, Dvero
  • Doururiver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Dveroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Lithuanian Dueras, Doras
  • Duerasriver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Dorasriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Polish Douro, Duero
  • Douroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Portuguese Douro
  • Douroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Romanian Duero
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Russian Дуэ́ро, До́ру
  • Дуэ́ро (Duéro)river in northern Spain and Portugal
  • До́ру (Dóru)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Spanish Duero
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Tagalog Duero
  • Dueroriver in northern Spain and Portugal
Thai โดรู, ดูเอโร
  • โดรู (doh roo)river in northern Spain and Portugal
  • ดูเอโร (doo ay roh)river in northern Spain and Portugal
Ukrainian Дуе́ро, До́ру
  • Дуе́ро (Duéro)river in northern Spain and Portugal
  • До́ру (Dóru)river in northern Spain and Portugal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

odour
Cite this entry
APA

Douro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Douro

MLA

“Douro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Douro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Douro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Douro.

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