Search results for "Portuguese language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- from the word barbacoa found in the language of the Taíno people of ... recorded use of the word in the English language in 1697 by the British buccaneer ...43 KB (6,886 words) - 08:03, 20 September 2023
- all sailed the coastal region, the Portuguese were the first to establish ... French is the official language and the language of commerce. The ...26 KB (3,713 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- alphabet and Old Church Slavonic language, and were apostles to the ... so for nearly 500 years, changing language, food habits, and many aspects ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- credible yet not overpowering members; language, proficiency in French considered ... com/articles/2004/06/30/eu_ed3__5.php Portuguese premier wants to unite ...35 KB (5,142 words) - 04:28, 23 March 2024
- The prevalent language for communication on the Internet is English ... Spanish (8 percent), Arabic (5 percent), Portuguese (4 percent), Indonesian/Malaysian ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- (for example, Spanish cuaresma, Portuguese quaresma, French carême, Italian quaresima, Croatian korizma, Irish Carghas, and Welsh C(a)rawys ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- the appearance of a coco (also Côca), a Portuguese word for a scary witch ... Coconuts"; nalikerathinte naadu in the native language. ...29 KB (4,782 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- digit to come into use. In the English language, zero may also be called ... * Portuguese: cifra, figure, numeral, cypher, code; zero, zero ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- The earliest European to visit was Portuguese explorer Francisco de ... English is the official language. The major vernaculars are Bemba ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- "Cougar" is borrowed from the Portuguese çuçuarana, via ... appeared in the stories of the Hotcâk language ("Ho-Chunk" or ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- he changed to Deusu from the Latin and Portuguese Deus. The monks also realized ... mudra, and mandala constitute the "language" through which the ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- Portugal, but in 1604 a Dutch admiral seized the Portuguese ship Santa Catarina. The Dutch East India Company asked Grotius to write a treatise, De Jure ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- serves as the official, and most widely spoken, language. ... traditions. Writers in the Kannada language have received the most number ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- and politically. Together with Portuguese-speaking Brazil, it is ... The Portuguese cartographer Lopo Homem made reference to the place ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- in 1562) were not successful, due to Portuguese and Spanish vigilance. ... including fluent use of the French language and conversion to Christianity ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- The Portuguese dominated much of southeast Africa's coast by ... English is the official language, while Shona, Sindebele (the language ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- merchants and the intervention of Portuguese and Spanish ships, corresponding ... Okinawa has historically been a separate nation, and Okinawan language ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- Sailing for Spain, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and ... Chinese, Dutch, French, Japanese, and Portuguese. The most significant loss ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers ... in the Portuguese language exist today, borrowed from Andalusi Arabic ...42 KB (6,212 words) - 23:54, 4 March 2024
- During the 1800s, hundreds of Corsican, French, and Portuguese, along ... and English. Spanish is the primary language of Puerto Ricans, though ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
