▁ ▁The ▁Pers ian ▁orange , ▁grown ▁widely ▁in ▁southern ▁Europe ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁century , ▁was ▁bitter . ▁S weet ▁or anges ▁were ▁brought ▁from ▁India ▁to ▁Europe ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁by ▁Portuguese ▁trad ers . ▁Some ▁S out heast ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁languages ▁name ▁the ▁orange ▁after ▁Portugal , ▁which ▁was ▁formerly ▁its ▁main ▁source ▁of ▁imports . ▁Ex amples ▁are ▁Alban ian ▁port ok all , ▁Bulgar ian ▁port okal ▁[ пор то кал ], ▁Greek ▁port ok ali ▁[ π ο ρ τ ο κ ά λ ι ], ▁Pers ian ▁porte g hal ▁[ پ ر ت ق ال ], ▁and ▁Roman ian ▁port ocal ă . ▁In ▁South ▁Italian ▁dialect s ▁( Ne ap ol itan ), ▁the ▁orange ▁is ▁named ▁port og allo ▁or ▁pur t ual le , ▁literally ▁" the ▁Portuguese ▁ones ". ▁Rel ated ▁names ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁other ▁languages : ▁Turkish ▁Port ak al , ▁Arab ic ▁al - b urt u q al ▁[ ال ب ر ت ق ال ], ▁Am har ic ▁b irt uk an ▁[ <0xE1> <0x89> <0xA2> <0xE1> <0x88> <0xAD> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xB1> <0xE1> <0x8A> <0xAB> <0xE1> <0x8A> <0x95> ], ▁and ▁Georg ian ▁ph ort ok h ali ▁[ ფ ო რ თ ო ხ ა ლ ი ]. ▁ ▁The ▁Portuguese ▁imported ▁sp ices , ▁such ▁as ▁c inn am on , ▁now ▁liber ally ▁used ▁in ▁its ▁traditional ▁dess ert s ▁and ▁sav