Douro

See also: douro, doûro, d'ouro, and ďouro

English

The Douro river within Iberia.

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Douro

1. A river in northern Spain and Portugal.

Translations

river in northern Spain and Portugal

• Aragonese: Duero m
• Armenian: Դուերո (hy) (Duero), Դորու (hy) (Doru)
• Asturian: Duero m
• Basque: Duero
• Belarusian: Дуэра m (Duera), Дору m (Dóru)
• Bengali: দোরু (dōru)
• Bulgarian: Дуеро m (Duero)
• Catalan: Duero m, Douro
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杜罗河 (Dùluóhé)

• Chuvash: Дуэро (Duero), Дору (Doru)
• Esperanto: Doŭro
• French: Douro (fr) m, Duero (fr) m
• Georgian: დუერო (duero)
• German: Douro (de) m, Duero (de) m
• Greek: Δούρος (el) m (Doúros)
• Hindi: दोरू m (dorū)
• Hungarian: Duero
• Ido: Durio
• Japanese: ドウロ (Douro)
• Kazakh: Дуэро (Duéro)
• Korean: 도루강 (Doru-gang), 두에로 (Duero)
• Kyrgyz: Дуэро (Duero)
• Latin: Durius m, Dorius m
• Latvian: Douru m, Dvero m
• Lezgi: Дуэро (Duèro), Дору (Doru)
• Lithuanian: Dueras m, Doras m
• Macedonian: Дуеро m (Duero), Доро m (Doro)
• Mirandese: Douro m
• Mongolian: Дуэ́ро (Duéro), До́ру (Dóru)
• Old Portuguese: Doiro m
• Polish: Douro m, Duero m
• Portuguese: Douro m
• Romanian: Duero m
• Russian: Дуэ́ро m (Duéro), До́ру m (Dóru)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Доро m, Дуеро m

  Roman: Douro m, Duero m

• Slovene: Duero m
• Spanish: Duero (es) m
• Tagalog: Duero
• Thai: โดรู (doh roo), ดูเอโร (doo ay roh)
• Ukrainian: Дуе́ро m (Duéro), До́ру m (Dóru)
• Walloon: Dwero m

Anagrams

• odour

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Dūrius (compare Spanish Duero), probably of Celtic origin, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɾu/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɾu/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɾo/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdow.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -owɾu, -oɾu
• Hyphenation: Dou‧ro

Proper noun

Douro m

1. Douro (a river in northern Portugal and Spain)
2. Douro (a traditional region in Portugal)

Derived terms

• Alto Douro
• Covas do Douro
• Ervedosa do Douro
• Foz do Douro
• Gouvães do Douro
• Miranda do Douro
• Nagozelo do Douro
• Oliveira do Douro
• Ribadouro
• Sanfins do Douro
• Santa Cruz do Douro
• São Cristóvão do Douro
• São Lourenço do Douro
• Soutelo do Douro
• Valença do Douro
• Várzea do Douro

 

Related terms

• duriense