Sintra

English

Proper noun

Sintra

  1. A town and municipality of Lisbon district, Portugal.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Proper noun

Sintra

  1. A town near Lisbon, Portugal

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Sintra

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • Cintra (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sintra.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sin‧tra

Proper noun

Sintra f

  1. Sintra (a town and municipality of Lisbon district, Portugal)

Usage notes

  • Sintra is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Meronyms

civil parishes of Sintra
  • Agualva e Mira-Sintra
  • Algueirão-Mem Martins
  • Almargem do Bispo, Pêro Pinheiro e Montelavar
  • Cacém e São Marcos
  • Casal de Cambra
  • Colares
  • Massamá e Monte Abraão
  • Queluz e Belas
  • Rio de Mouro
  • São João das Lampas e Terrugem
  • Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bengali: সান্তারা (śantara)
    • Assamese: সুমথিৰা (xumthira), সোণতৰা (xüntora), সন্ত্ৰা (xontra)Kamrupi, সোমতৰা (xümtora)Dehan
    • Odia: ସାନ୍ତରା (sāntarā)
  • Gujarati: સંતરું (santrũ)
  • Hindi: संतरा (santrā) (see there for further descendants)
  • Konkani: संत्र (santra)
  • Marathi: संत्रे (santre)
  • Urdu: سَنْتْرا (santrā) (see there for further descendants)