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**CruzIzabella** · 02-04-2011, 11:28 PM

Portugal is Gallic Port: Portu - Gal "Beautiful Port" is Protovelho.

It's not Gallic Port. It's the latin name of two towns on the shores of river Douro: Portus and Cale. Those two towns gave the name to the Portucalense county which was the predecessor of the kingdom of Portugal.

Portus and Cale are the old names of the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

02-04-2011, 11:28 PM	#21
CruzIzabella Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	Portugal is Gallic Port: Portu - Gal "Beautiful Port" is Protovelho. It's not Gallic Port. It's the latin name of two towns on the shores of river Douro: Portus and Cale. Those two towns gave the name to the Portucalense county which was the predecessor of the kingdom of Portugal. Portus and Cale are the old names of the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
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