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ラテン語:Portus Cale (Latinised version for "Port of Cale", from the original Celtic name ''Callaici'' and ''Cale'') was an ancient town and port in current-day northern Portugal, in the area of today's Grande Porto. ==Early history== Cale was an early settlement located at the mouth of the Douro River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the north of what is now Portugal. The mainstream explanation for the name is that it is an ethnonym derived from the Castro people, also known as the Callaeci, Gallaeci or Gallaecia, a people who occupied the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. The names ''Callaici'' and ''Cale'' are the origin of today's ''Gaia'', ''Galicia'', and the -''gal'' in ''Portugal''. The meaning of ''Cale'' or ''Calle'' is, however, not fully understood. The medieval Scottish historian Hector Boece thought the name ''Portugal'' was derived from ''Porto Gatelli'', the name Gatelo gave to Braga when he settled there, while others say he gave it to Porto. Other historians have argued that Greeks were the first to settle Cale and that the name derives from the Greek word ', 'beautiful', referring to the beauty of the Douro valley. Others have hypothesized that the word ''Cale'' came from the Latin word for 'warm' (''Portus Cale'' thus meaning 'warm port'). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portus Cale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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