Definition of Braga

1. Noun. An ancient city in northern Portugal.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Portugal, Portuguese Republic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braga

Bradley method
Bradley method of childbirth
Bradly
Bradman
Bradshaw
Bradshaws
Bradstreet
Brady
Brady's reagent
Brady Bunch
Brady Bunches
Bradypodidae
Bradypus
Bradypus tridactylus
Braeden
Braga (current term)
Brage
Bragg
Bragg's law
Bragg peak
Bragg peaks
Bragg scattering
Bragi
Brahma
Brahmacharya
Brahmagupta's formula
Brahman
Brahmana
Brahmanas
Brahmanbaria District

Literary usage of Braga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Nova—Tumults and disorders in the Portuguese camp at Braga—Murder of General Freire and others—Battle of Braga—Soult marches against Oporto—Disturbed state ..."

2. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"FRUCTUOSUS, ARCHBISHOP OF Braga, C. HE was a prince of the royal blood of the Visigoth kings in Spain ; but, from his youth, desired to consecrate his life ..."

3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"The second council of Braga AD 570 (с. 2) prohibits a bishop when he visits his diocese, " per dioceses suas ambulat," from taking any fee beyond two solidi ..."

4. History of the Peninsular War by Robert Southey (1828)
"... tumultuary force had occupied, about five miles in f;ont of Braga. During three days frequent attacks were made, and the Portugueze kept their. ground. ..."

5. Palmerin of England: Some Remarks on this Romance and on the Controversy by William Edward Purser (1904)
"Every well-wisher of Braga must regret that he repub- lished this article without careful revision. I shall confine myself to noticing a few important ..."

6. Through Portugal by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1907)
"For here, again, on this happy holiday afternoon in Braga, the gaol-birds held their levie. Beneath their bars stood their womenkind and children, ..."

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