Port Isabel

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

port+Isabel. From Spanish Isabel (Elizabeth). Calque of Spanish Puerto Isabella, from puerto+Isabella, from Queen Isabella of Spain, the first queen of United Spain (Isabella I of Castile)

Proper noun[edit]

Port Isabel

  1. A city in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, United States

Translations[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Port Isabel, from Spanish Puerto Isabela, from puerto + Isabela, from Isabel, from Queen Isabel of Spain, the first queen of United Spain (Isabel I de Castilla).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /poɾtisaˈbel/ [poɾ.t̪i.saˈβ̞el]
  • Rhymes: -el

Proper noun[edit]

Port Isabel ?

  1. Port Isabel (a city in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, United States)
    Synonyms: Puerto Isabel, Puerto Isabella