Arrabida
/əˈræbɪdə/noun
A mountain ridge in Portugal, especially the Serra da Arrábida near Setúbal.
Did you know?Arrábida is a Portuguese toponym, and place-names like this often preserve very old local forms that survived long after the languages around them changed.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Roman / Ancient Iberian
Iberian
*Arrabida / *Arrábida (reconstructed)
“An old local place-name form, probably pre-Latin in origin and preserved in the landscape”
Roman Era
Latin
Arrabida
“A regional name recorded in later Latinized forms”
Medieval Portuguese
PT
Arrábida
“The established Portuguese name of the mountain range and surrounding area”
Modern English
EN
Arrábida
“The Portuguese mountain ridge name used in English geographical reference”
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