Search results for "Portuguese language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA pronunciation: / ... Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese maritime explorer who, ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- Sirène, Italian, Sirena, Polish, Syrena, and Portuguese, Sereia, show the connection between the Siren and mermaids. However, it should be noted that ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- districts on the mountain." The Portuguese shortened that to "Candea ... regions had been conquered by the Portuguese. Kandy repelled invasions ...14 KB (1,979 words) - 07:07, 28 February 2023
- Portuguese expansion into the Indian Ocean in the early 16th century ... *Colonial Voyage. [http://www.colonialvoyage.com/portuguese-persian ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- a history of ethnocentrism, the Spanish, Portuguese, and French words—mestizaje ... The word miscegenation quickly entered the common language of the ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- to it as Qali) before the arrival of the Portuguese in the sixteenth century ... the native and the colonial. The first Portuguese fleet, led by Laurenco ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- Portuguese empire. The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) is ... are members of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Dr. John Willinsky in the Department of Language and Literacy EducationThe ... French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish ...14 KB (1,916 words) - 23:35, 2 December 2022
- diritto comparato, Spanish: derecho comparado, Portuguese: direito comparado, Greek: Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο) is the study of differences and ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- Inhabited from prehistoric times, Luanda came under Portuguese rule ... In 1482, Portuguese caravels commanded by Diogo Cão (born ca 1450 ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- quot; has been part of the English language since at least 1628, and ... Though the island was first visited by the Portuguese in about 1505 ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- The name Colombo, introduced by the Portuguese in 1505, is believed ... The first Europeans to visit Sri Lanka were the Portuguese: Francisco ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- as well as the archaic English (Cathay), Portuguese (Catai), and Spanish (Catay ... clothing and refused to use the Chinese language, devising a writing system ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- enclaves such as Hong Kong and nearby Portuguese Macao was never colonized ... Across the Bay, the Portuguese colony of Macao was already established ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- of yerba mate (Spanish) / erva-mate (Portuguese) (Ilex paraguariensis) ... in Latin American Spanish, a bomba in Portuguese, and a masassa in Arabic ...18 KB (3,004 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- faith, St. Thomas Christian, and their language, Malayalam. According to ... into a number of churches during the Portuguese persecution, including ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- 1973; Brown 1956; Vellian 2001. The Portuguese started a Latin diocese ... various denominations as a result of Portuguese persecution.Claudius Buchanan ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- been established and dominated by the Portuguese. Reconnoitering in the ... Java, where they clashed with both the Portuguese and indigenous Indonesians ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- stone. The English word azure, the Spanish and Portuguese azul, and the Italian azzurro are cognates. == Occurrence == Lapis lazuli usually occurs ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 22:35, 22 October 2022
- the translation of the Old Persian language. Grotefend succeeded in ... He continued his career mostly working on Latin and Italian language ...9 KB (1,297 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
