The name of Portugal derives from the Roman name Portus Cale. It pierces was the name of a located primitive establishment in the opening of the Duero, that flows towards the Atlantic Ocean in the north of the present country. During the Second Punic War (final of century III a. Cs.) the Romans take part in the Iberian Peninsula against the Carthaginians. In that conflict they conquered the locality of Pierces (port of Greek origin near the present Oporto) happening to denominate it Portus Cale. During the Average Age, the surrounding region to Pierces happened to be denominated by the visigodos Portucale. That name would derive in Portugale during centuries VII and VIII. The term was used to talk about to the region between the Duero and Miņo. Some historians think that the word Pierces drift of the Greek Kalles (" bonito"), talking about to the beauty of the valley of the Duero, where the Greeks decided to settle down. The word would be transformed by the Phoenicians into Pierces, thus happening to the Romans. Other authors think that She pierces drift of the galaicos towns that lived in the zone. Portu comes from the word Port, name that also receives the city that is at the moment in the place, Oporto (Porto in Portuguese). The location of the old one Pierces is the present Gaia (Vila Nova de Gaia), a town to the other side of the river. Many think that both cities must be united, due to their proximity and to its historical connections
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