Search results for "Portuguese language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... kingdom of Prester John), and to gain Portuguese access to the commercial ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... namely the predominance of the Portuguese language and of the Catholic ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- Goa Velha ("Velha" means old in Portuguese), referring to ... in south-western India had been under Portuguese rule from 1510 and became ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- Malai" (Big Mount—in Tamil language) or "Parangi Malai ... The Portuguese built the shrine of Mother Mary, a small relic-filled ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu ]; English Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Old Portuguese), (August ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- spelled "Menasseh"), was a Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, kabbalist ... Born to a family of Portuguese Marranos who settled in Amsterdam, ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- volume of love poetry, Sonnets from the Portuguese, in which her sentiments ... owed her profound knowledge of the Greek language and much mental stimulus ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- any word that modifies any other part of language: verbs, adjectives (including ... form) by adding '-mente' (Portuguese, Spanish, Italian) or ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 23:31, 17 December 2022
- The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about ... named after the goshawk bird (Açor in Portuguese). This bird never existed ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- Faced with rebellion by several cities and renewed Portuguese incursions ... of many nationalities, including Portuguese and Muslims. The number ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... to Spain, even if east of the line. The Portuguese King John II was not pleased ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- when the Ethiopian Emperor asked the Portuguese to assist in repelling ... The Ethiopians were forced to ask for help from the Portuguese, who ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas ... displaced in turn by the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadores in the sixteenth ...10 KB (1,592 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- Macao (also spelled Macau). Founded as a Portuguese trading port in the mid ... with Goa in India. The presence of Portuguese Catholic Churches, forts ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- French, English, Arabic, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Russian. With its "guarantee of excellence"—editorial quality and reliability ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century; ... Cape Verde was uninhabited when the Portuguese arrived in 1456, and ...19 KB (2,758 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; ... the Indies, arriving in Goa, the center Portuguese activity in the East, on ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- such as French (phare), Italian (faro), Portuguese (farol), Spanish (faro), Romanian (far), and Greek (φάρος). === Construction === ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- In the 1470s, a Portuguese colony was formed at São Tomé, which ... eventually formed an alliance with the Portuguese, who allowed them to set ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- 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
- The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in the sixteenth ... In late 1941, Portuguese Timor was briefly occupied by Dutch and Australian ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- Nathan Cardozo. Cardozo's ancestors were Portuguese Jews who immigrated to the United States in the 1740s and 1750s from Portugal via the Netherlands ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- The Portuguese reached Guinea between 1460 and 1470, around the time ... In 1970, conflict between Portuguese forces and the PAIGC in neighboring ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- in continental Africa. Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea ... thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Portuguese reached the coast in the ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- Gaucho (gaúcho in Portuguese) is a term commonly used to describe ... gaucho literature, purporting to use the language of the gauchos and reflect ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- island, was named after Saint Thomas by Portuguese explorers who discovered ... Seychelles). It is also the smallest Portuguese-speaking country. ...27 KB (4,031 words) - 02:25, 21 April 2023
- Juan Dias de Solis, a Portuguese explorer in service to Spain may ... seen if he had gotten that far south. Portuguese maps of South America, ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- the term Marranos in Spanish and Portuguese meant "pigs," ... and Jewish neighbors to escape, and Portuguese crown severely punished ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- The first states that it comes from the Portuguese Monte vide eu, which means ... The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan anchored at the future ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- The Portuguese occupied Muscat for a 140-year period (1508–1648 ... The Ottomans drove out the Portuguese, but were pushed out themselves ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
