Portingale

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Portuguese person. obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of Portugal. alt-of, obsolete

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lower houselusitaniaportugueseportuguese republicréguasenate

Etymology

From Middle English Portyngale, from Middle French Portingal, which added an intrusive /n/ sound through the process of excrescence, from Latin Portucale.

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