Search results for "Portuguese language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The River Paraguay (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, and meaning “big mirror of waters” in the native Guaraní language ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2022
- the sole source of cloves. The Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and local kingdoms ... The Portuguese navigator António de Abreu was the first European ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- of Dutch, German, British, French, and Portuguese ancestry make up about ... The majority of the population speaks Afrikaans as a second language ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- neglect under the colonial domination of the Portuguese. ... first president of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- against independence movement across the Portuguese Empire. After decades of ... Later, in 1996, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries was formed ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- * Curcuma in Portuguese and French * Куркума (kurkuma) in Macedonian * Kurkuma in Finnish * Gurkmeja in Swedish * 欝金 (ukon) in Japanese ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled by ... southeast. In the sixteenth century the Portuguese began building aqueducts ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- *Curso pré-vestibular, or Cursinho (Portuguese, Brazil) ... specialize in subjects like math, foreign language, science, art, or English ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- in 1582, Ricci began learning the Chinese language and customs, and eventually ... arriving on September 13 at Goa, the Portuguese colony on the central west ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- languages come from Latin (namely Portuguese, Spanish, and French). ... Chile and Uruguay. Brazil has a Portuguese-language pop rock industry ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... to the grammar of all the speakers of the language), in which case the term ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- city is also known by an older English-language name, Canton. It is a port ... "Canton" was the convenient Portuguese or French romanization ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- a significant milestone by the Portuguese attempting to establish ... The Khoikhoi were originally part of a pastoral culture and language ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- provided a large number of captives to the Portuguese. The empire& ... called a "gaand" in the KiLunda language. It was ruled over by a ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- can be primarily traced to the influx of Portuguese goods into the West African ... The decline of Timbuktu began with the influx of Portuguese traders ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- | language = Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | registration = Optional ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- The first, and perhaps most famous, Portuguese adventurer to reach Southern ... Though their reign was short-lived, the language of the region continues ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- for its maritime successes during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. The city ... The Bairro Alto (literally upper quarter in Portuguese) is a central ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- ; November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010) was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese ... Saramago was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1969, ...13 KB (1,795 words) - 07:37, 27 February 2023
- as HTML. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works ... German, Finnish, Dutch, Chinese, and Portuguese.Jeffrey Thomas, [http://usinfo ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Nadu, and easily accessible to shipping, Portuguese colonies monopolized the ... set foot the jungles in 1602 when a Portuguese priest, Ferreiri, successfully ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- Africa where Spanish is an official language (excluding the Spanish exclaves ... full membership of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- the carpincho in Spanish and capivara in Portuguese, H. hydrochaeris is the ... capybara in English and capivara in Portuguese, derives from Kapiÿva ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 00:03, 15 November 2021
- studying philosophy and the psychology of language. Following his entrance ... an advisor on education reform in former Portuguese colonies in Africa, particularly ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 01:43, 23 November 2022
- are based on Catalonian law, its language is Catalan, as is a large ... in their own country; Spaniards, Portuguese, Frenchmen, and Britons ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- |languages = Zulu(many also speak English or Afrikaans or Portuguese ... Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. Their language, isiZulu, is a Bantu language; ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- leading to it being targeted by the Portuguese, who destroyed the town in 1468. The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a military fortress ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and ... states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the fifteenth century ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- and other languages including Hindi and Portuguese. Language has been ... Herald (Goa's oldest, once a Portuguese language paper known as O Heraldo ...39 KB (5,868 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- Italian, and weekly in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French (plus ... The Vatican has no set official language, it can be changed at any ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- founded the city. It developed into a Portuguese trading post exporting ... Lagos, a Portuguese word for "lakes," was a Yoruba settlement ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2022
- The Paraná River (Río Paraná in Spanish, Rio Paraná in Portuguese ... of the Waters" (from the Guaraní language) was Sebastian Cabot in 1526. ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 11:25, 11 March 2023
- The Arawak culture is still evident in language and traditions. The Arawak ... Dutch (official), Papiamento (national language), Spanish, English. ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- the Seven Years War as well as in the Portuguese navy against Spain. The ... the son of Jacob Phillip, a German-born language teacher, and his English ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- | native name link = Portuguese language ... Amerigo Vespucci, who traveled with a Portuguese expedition of Gonçalo ...21 KB (2,904 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- Retaining that title (Paulicéia Desvairada, in Portuguese), Andrade ... just of poetry but of the aesthetics of language, in order to explain the ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- battle by Balthazar, a prince of the Portuguese. Don Andrea tells the story ... Meanwhile, at the scene of the battle, the Portuguese have been defeated ...12 KB (1,976 words) - 21:20, 30 April 2023
- * Portuguese Empire * Portuguese * Decolonization * Philippines * Manila ==Notes== ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- (or the Malay Archipelago) (Indonesian language: Nusantara). ... region from before the arrival of the Portuguese as evidenced in Magellan ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- dominated its modern history. The Portuguese and then Omani Arabs were ... The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore Kenya. Vasco da ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- peopled by successive waves of invaders. Portuguese explorer Pedro de Cintra ... The Portuguese — and the Dutch, French, and English who arrived ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- Cultural da República" in Portuguese) is a cultural center located ... (Biblioteca Nacional de Brasília in Portuguese) occupies an area of 16 ...27 KB (4,135 words) - 22:51, 20 November 2023
- it to Tuscany where he adapted it to his language when he founded the Neo ... Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese and the sonnets of Dante ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- French Indochina. This term is derived via Portuguese and French from the Japanese word bonsō for a priest or monk, and has become less common in modern ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- the new-found land that was valuable in Portuguese commerce. This plant has ... the Portuguese introduced the Portuguese language, the Roman-Germanic ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- were brought to Europe by Spanish and Portuguese explorers and sweet potato ... The word yam is probably from nyami in the language of the West African ...11 KB (1,640 words) - 07:24, 24 October 2022
- == Characteristics, behavior and language == Adult orangutan males ... The first orangutan language study program, directed by Dr. Francine ...14 KB (1,986 words) - 10:40, 11 March 2023
- is that of Lopo Vaz de Sampayo, governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. Having been brought home in disgrace after usurping his position from ...14 KB (2,216 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- smaller Central American populations), Portuguese (8.7 percent). Spanish at home, while 3.8 percent spoke Portuguese, 1.96 percent French, and ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese from Madeira in the 1840s ... descendants of English colonists and Portuguese migrants, as well as some ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
