Search results for "Portuguese language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In the early sixteenth century, the Portuguese built a fort in the area that became Kuwait City, using the fort as a base from which to venture ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 21:19, 29 December 2023
- good" or "noble" in their language. A system of cacicazgos ... languages, with some English, Taíno, Portuguese, and Spanish influences ...36 KB (5,245 words) - 15:26, 7 June 2024
- credited to John Cabot in 1497, English and Portuguese vessels are known to have sought out these waters prior to that, based upon information they received ...15 KB (2,292 words) - 18:50, 24 May 2024
- variety of Norman French—was the language of the island, though French ... shaped by Jersey's indigenous Norman language and traditions as well as ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- Africa itself, competing with the Portuguese Empire, when Henry III ... into two hemispheres between Spanish and Portuguese claims. These actions gave ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- disagreement. One theory holds that the Portuguese, who arrived in the area ... many Indian cities. Madras derives from Portuguese name. ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- one third of Toronto residents speak a language other than English at home ... While English is the predominant language spoken by Torontonians, ...43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
- to Spain, whereas Madeira to the north is Portuguese. The coastal area ... Successful Portuguese efforts to control the Atlantic coast in the ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- European explorers—first the Portuguese in search of the Spice Islands ... English has become the common language. It is taught in schools and ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- 2000 carts entered the city each week. Portuguese ships brought pepper and ... Dutch is an official language of Belgium, spoken by 60 percent of ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- , the first web-based newspaper in the Russian language, with versions in English, Italian, and Portuguese also available. The new Pravda newspaper ...17 KB (2,565 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- "snail," escargot on an English-language menu is generally reserved ... they are called "caracóis" (Portuguese for "snails" ...16 KB (2,467 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- Portuguese Conquistadors seized many Caribs on Barbados and used them ... The country's official language is British English, the local ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- from Jewish Conversos (Spanish or Portuguese Jews who converted to Christianity) of the Monzón area. In 1524, his father Antonio Serveto (alias ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 17:09, 9 November 2022
- A Portuguese trading post was established in 1487, but the town declined from the sixteenth century. The old town, though in ruins, is still ...17 KB (2,565 words) - 03:59, 10 June 2024
- name Sierra Leone was adapted from the Portuguese name for the country: Serra ... by successive waves of invaders; but the language pattern suggests that the ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- Africa, FRELIMO when it sought to overthrow Portuguese rule in Mozambique, and ZANLA (and Robert Mugabe) in its struggle to unseat the white regime ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 09:54, 12 May 2024
- origin, but some are of Afrikaaner, Portuguese, or Dutch origin. The white ... English is the official language, though only two percent consider ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- Portuguese seaman Juan Díaz de Solís, navigating in the name of ... Other European origins include German, Portuguese, Polish, Irish, ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- (born João Rodrigues da Silva), a lawyer of Portuguese Jewish descent (son of Diogo da Silva and wife Maria Rodrigues, Portuguese Jews), and Jerónima ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
