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Porto in Portuguese also means port directly, and Oporto is just foreigners that mistaken the "O Porto" meaning literally "The Port" into a one word that doesn'
by vasco 3y ago
Porto in Portuguese also means port directly, and Oporto is just foreigners that mistaken the "O Porto" meaning literally "The Port" into a one word that doesn't exist in portuguese for so long that now its the international name.
- rpastuszak 3y agoIIRC a somewhat similar thing happened to Istanbul which is based on a greek phrase meaning: "to the city".