Origin: Latin suffix -al
Portugal has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:
a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
"Portugal, once a pioneering nation of global exploration that established an extensive overseas empire including Brazil during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, remains today a republic located on the southwestern edge of Europe's Iberian Peninsula."
A Portuguese person.
"The portugal who moved to Lisbon brought his traditional azulejo tiles with him."
A country in Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic
"Portugal is a European nation located at the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula."
The name Portugal comes from the Latin phrase Portus Cale, which referred to a former settlement near the city of Vila Nova de Gaia. Scholars debate whether this original name derived from the local Gallaeci tribe, the Latin word for "warm," or Greek roots meaning "beautiful" or "goddess of the Earth."