葡萄牙
Chinese
grape; to be jealous; to envy | tooth; ivory | ||
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trad. (葡萄牙) | 葡萄 | 牙 | |
simp. #(葡萄牙) | 葡萄 | 牙 |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Portuguese Portugal or Latin Portugallia, possibly via Min Nan 葡萄牙 (Phû-tô-gâ).
The selection of 葡萄 (“grape”) in the phonetic transcription alludes to the importance of viniculture to the early Portuguese missionaries to China, who used grapes to make sacramental wine (葡萄酒).
Compare 西班牙 (Xībānyá, “Spain”).
Pronunciation
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