• Portus Cale was an ancient town and port in present-day northern Portugal, in the area of today's Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. The name of the town eventually...
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    to the Douro River: the settlement of Portus Cale and the area that is known as Vila Nova de Gaia. Portus Cale, later referred to as Portucale, was the...
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    Cale, renaming it Portus Cale ('Port of Cale') and incorporating it into the province of Gallaecia. During the Middle Ages, the region around Portus Cale...
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  • Martin County, Indiana, United States Portus Cale, an ancient town and port in northern Portugal The River Cale, which runs through Wincanton in Somerset...
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  • Roman ports Portus, at the mouth of the Tiber, Italy Portus Adurni, modern Portchester, England Portus Cale, modern Porto, Portugal Portus Dubris, modern...
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    the Second Punic War. In the process they conquered Cale, renaming it Portus Cale ('Port of Cale') and incorporating it in the province of Gaellicia with...
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    country's early history, stemming from the Roman name Portus Cale, a Latin name meaning "Port of Cale" (Cale likely is a word of Celtic origin - Cailleach-Bheur...
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    area from the Minho River to the Douro River, including the city of Portus Cale, later Porto and Gaia, from where the name of Portugal emerged. The Kingdom...
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  • Mondobriga Moron Myrtilis Sellium Olisipo Ossonoba Pax Julia Portus Alacer Portus Cale Portus Hannibalis Salacia Scalabis Sirpe Sinus Talabara Talabriga...
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    (Portvgalliæ) itself is partly of Celtic origin (see: Name of Portugal and Portus Cale). Prósper (2002) p. 376. Delamarre, Xavier [in French] (2003). Dictionnaire...
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