Portuguese

Proper noun

Garça

1. Garça (municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil)

Old Portuguese

Noun

garça f

1. heron
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 352 (facsimile):

     Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.

     This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey.

Descendants

• Galician: garza
• Portuguese: garça

Portuguese

garça (Ardea cinerea)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese garça, from Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.

Cognate with Galician garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Spanish garza and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.sɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: gar‧ça

Noun

garça f (plural garças)

1. heron (any of the long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae)