Carregal do Sal

Portuguese

Etymology

From carregal (“a place where cárregas (a type of sedge) occur in abundance”) + do (“of the”) + sal (“salt”), after the region’s salt-mines.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡaw du ˈsaw/ [ka.heˈɡaʊ̯ du ˈsaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡaw du ˈsaw/ [ka.heˈɡaʊ̯ du ˈsaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡaw du ˈsaw/ [ka.χeˈɡaʊ̯ du ˈsaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡaw do ˈsaw/ [ka.heˈɡaʊ̯ do ˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁɨˈɡal du ˈsal/ [kɐ.ʁɨˈɣaɫ du ˈsaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁɨˈɡal du ˈsal/ [kɐ.ʁɨˈɣaɫ du ˈsaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁɨˈɡa.li du ˈsa.li/ [kɐ.ʁɨˈɣa.li ðu ˈsa.li]

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Proper noun

Carregal do Sal m

1. A village and municipality of Viseu district, Portugal

Related terms

• carregalense