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Tejo.

Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈtɛ.ʒu/Brazil/ˈtɛ.ʒu/Portugal
  1. Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin Tagus Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo Portuguese Tejo From Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus. The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish. Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Aragonese Tacho, Catalan Tajo, and Spanish Tajo.

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