English
Maputo
Maputo comes from Portuguese Maputo.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMaputo
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMaputo
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
Earliest quotation: 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not: “Then came a rough exultant voice, ‘This is the…”
Every English word from Portuguese Maputo
Today it means
name The capital city of Mozambique.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Maputo / Maputo