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Brewer's: Portuguese
(3 syl.). A native of Portugal, the language of Portugal, pertaining to Portugal, etc.; as Camoëns was a Portuguese, and wrote in Portuguese. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…The Devil's Dictionary: Portuguese
by Ambrose Bierce PORTABLEPOSITIVEPORTUGUESE -n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic…Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Contents I thought once how Theocritus had sung But only three in all God's universe Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart! Thou hast thy calling to…Macao: The Portuguese Colonial Empire Comes to An End
// Cite The Portuguese colonial empire comes to a close by Borgna Brunner On December 20, 1999, Portugal gave up the last colony in its once vast overseas empire. Macao, the…Portuguese Guinea
(Encyclopedia) Portuguese Guinea: see Guinea-Bissau.Portuguese India
(Encyclopedia) Portuguese India, the former Portuguese possessions on the Indian subcontinent. It comprised Dadra and Nagar Haveli, located inland, and the coastal colonies of Goa and Daman and Diu (…Portuguese language
(Encyclopedia) CEE Portuguese language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). It is the mother tongue of about 170…Portuguese literature
(Encyclopedia) Portuguese literature, writings in Portuguese. The literature of Brazil is considered separately (see Brazilian literature). The modern period in Portuguese letters dates from the…Aljubarrota
(Encyclopedia) AljubarrotaAljubarrotaəlzh&oomacr;bər-rôˈtə [key], village, Leiria dist., W central Portugal, in Beira Litoral. On Aug. 14, 1385, it was the site of the momentous battle in which…Kongo, kingdom of
(Encyclopedia) Kongo, kingdom ofKongo, kingdom ofkôngˈgō, kŏngˈ– [key], former state of W central Africa, founded in the 14th cent. In the 15th cent. the kingdom stretched from the Congo River in the…Trending
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