Lugo

Lugo
Meaning

  1. (masculine) Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain)
  2. (masculine) Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

Hyphenated as
Lu‧go
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈluɡo/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lugo, from Latin Lūcus Augustī, founded by Augustus as capital of the Roman district of Gallaecia Lucense after the conquest of northwestern Iberia. From lūcus (“sacred wood”). Compare Portuguese Lugo, Italian Lugo (and Lucania).

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Lugo
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