Search results for "Portuguese language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- Schliemann possessed a genius for language and a business acumen that ... classical Greek and he was taken by the language's beauty. The accuracy ...21 KB (3,403 words) - 09:31, 25 June 2024
- 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
- by ethnic groups using a click-tongue language similar to that of southern ... origin that held ascendancy until the Portuguese destroyed it in the early 1500s. ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- in Japan began in 1549, carried out by Portuguese-sponsored Jesuits and later ... interested in the weapons brought by Portuguese traders and open to the ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- closest to Argentina. It shares a common language and many social customs ... quot; comes from Guaraní the language, meaning "river of ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- coastal area. The capital is Porto-Novo (Portuguese for New Port), which is ... 1886 (cropped).jpg|thumb|400px|The Portuguese Empire was the longest ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- in the sixteenth century, when the Portuguese arrived in the area and ... Bombay holds that it was derived from a Portuguese name meaning good bay. ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- South America and are known as araras in Portuguese and guacamayos in Spanish. ... ==Speech and language learning== As with many species of parrots, macaws ...13 KB (1,794 words) - 10:43, 9 March 2023
- The word baroque is derived from the ancient Portuguese noun "barroco ... It is a French translation of the Portuguese phrase "pérola barroca ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- the Kongo Kingdom, which encountered the Portuguese in 1484. Trading contracts ... The Portuguese did not venture into the interior but bought goods ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
