How Is Portugal's Name Roman & Celtic?

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[NameExplain]

Hello all, I'm in the midst of moving places meaning I am now recording in a new place! If the audio sounds a tad different that would be the reason why. Any feedback on if you like/dislike how this video sounds let me know.

[theoriesbanana]

Not sure if anyone is even going to see this but the "Cale" part didn't just disappear. There are two separate cities inside the heavily populated city centre of the Porto district. The city of "Porto" and across the river the city of "Gaia". "Gaia" could very well come from a variation on "Cale", since the name of the country shifted to "portuGAL" from "portuCALE". The place you pointed to at the beginning of the video, the south side of the Douro river is now that very city, Gaia!

[justdoit]

It's funny how in some languages people started using "Portugal" to refere to Oranges, since in the maritime era the Portuguese were the ones that brought Oranges from china to Europe and the Middle East.

[UltiBlue]

Actually Cale still exists, it sits on the other bank of the Douro, the city of Gaia
Portus -> Porto
Cale -> Gaia

[Wulfyric]

"Scotland, Ireland or even the Isle of Mann"

*Screams in Welsh*

[Dracopol]

Lots of Celtic places had names with "Gal" or "Cal": Gaul, Galicia, Galatia (in Turkey, or what was then called Asia Minor and mentioned in the Bible in the Letter to the Galatians), Caledonia (Scotland). This shows the wide extent of Celtic tribes.

[jasmimbettencourt]

Omg, thank you so much for making this I am extremely honored for being named Patreon Saint of Portugal ^^

[unmvedmver]

Been waiting for this video! Portugal's Celtic past isn't appreciated enough.

[MarkMars-]

Thank you for doing a video on my country, you are a great youtuber!!!

[patricksv]

I am portuguese and I learned something new! This is why I love your channel so much <3

[algueiraovelho]

Being a lusitanian dark celt. I have been waiting for a video like this. People must not forget this culture of Portus Gale.

[claudiorodrigues]

Greathings from Portugal.. The Celtic Goddess Cailleach is in the origin of the name Portugal. Many don’t know that represents the big influence of the Celtics in the north of Portugal

[Danielagostinho]

Thanks for showing some history of Portugal (My country)

[pedrocosta]

That was so nice. I'm Brazilian and unfortunately I don't know much about Portugal, but it is nice to know a little of the origen of the people who share some similarities with my people.

[Cosmiichu]

I just found out your channel and I'm from Portugal! I loved this video and would love to see more like this from my country 🤗

[wallybonejengles]

When I found out being Portuguese i am Celtic with all my Irish friends i got very proud.

[AwesomeSauce]

I have been curious about this for a while. Thanks for the video. It is interesting how Celts used to dominate the British Isles, Iberia, France, and Belgium. Now the languages the Celts spoke are dying and are only spoken in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and pockets of Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and Y Wladfa in Argentina.

[ewestner]

It never registered before but I have a book of Celtic fiddle music. It's separated by region and one of the regions is Portugal. I don't know why I never wondered why until this neat video.

[tiagoprado]

And it seems like They maintained that tradition when it came time to name their colony in Southeast Asia, East-Timor, which literally means East-East. And now that I think of it, would you like to do a video on the names of Portugal's colonies, and maybe a few subdivisions of the same?

[noahbrasseur]

Does this mean I will exclusively refer to Portugal as Port-Port from now on? Yes, of course it does.