Mirandese

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveMirandese (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language.
nounMirandese (plural Mirandese)
  1. A native or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro in the northeastern corner of Portugal.

    Toward evening a Mirandese came in: he was a man of about fifty, a politician, bright and talkative, and so I left the carabineros to join him.

    1895, Edmondo De Amicis (translated by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall), Spain and the Spaniards, volume 1, page 95
proper noun
  1. An endangered Romance language spoken in the northeastern corner of Portugal, principally in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro and Vimioso.

    My example is taken from the Portuguese dialect of Mirandese, more specifically Mirandese as spoken in the area of Sendim[…]

    1974, R. Joe Campbell, Mark G. Goldin, Mary Clayton Wang, editors, Linguistic studies in Romance languages: Proceedings, page 41

Translations

Arabic لُغَة مِيرَانْدِيَّة
  • لُغَة مِيرَانْدِيَّة (luḡa mīrandiyya)Romance language
Basque mirandera
  • miranderaRomance language
Catalan mirandès, mirandesa
  • mirandèsnative or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
  • mirandesanative or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
  • mirandèsRomance language
Chinese Mandarin 米蘭德斯語 /米兰德斯语
  • 米蘭德斯語 /米兰德斯语 (Mǐlándésī yǔ)Romance language
Danish mirandesisk
  • mirandesiskRomance language
Dutch mirandees
  • mirandeesRomance language
Esperanto mirandese
  • mirandeseRomance language
Finnish mirandalainen, mirandeesi
  • mirandalainennative or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
  • mirandeesiRomance language
French mirandais
  • mirandaisRomance language
German Mirandés
  • MirandésRomance language
Hebrew מירנדזית
  • מירנדזיתRomance language
Icelandic mírandska
  • mírandskaRomance language
Indonesian bahasa miranda
  • bahasa mirandaRomance language
Italian mirandese, lingua mirandese
  • mirandeseRomance language
  • lingua mirandeseRomance language
Japanese ミランダ語
  • ミランダ語 (Miranda-go)Romance language
Korean 미란다어
  • 미란다어 (Miranda'eo)Romance language
Latin lingua Mirandica
  • lingua MirandicaRomance language
Norwegian mirandesisk
  • mirandesiskRomance language
Polish mirandyjski
  • mirandyjskiRomance language
Portuguese mirandês, mirandês
  • mirandêsnative or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
  • mirandêsRomance language
  • língua mirandesaRomance language
Romanian mirandeză, limba mirandeză
  • mirandezăRomance language
  • limba mirandezăRomance language
Russian мира́ндский, миранде́с
  • мира́ндский (mirándskij)Romance language
  • миранде́с (mirandɛ́s)Romance language
Spanish mirandés, mirandesa
  • mirandésnative or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
  • mirandesanative or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
  • mirandésRomance language
  • idioma mirandésRomance language
Swedish mirandesiska
  • mirandesiskaRomance language

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Cite this entry
APA

Mirandese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mirandese

MLA

“Mirandese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mirandese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mirandese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mirandese.

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