Indo-Portuguese love

Indo-Portuguese

Definitions

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  • adjective Pertaining to India and Portugal.
  • proper noun Any of various Portuguese-based creoles spoken in India and Sri Lanka.

Etymologies

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From Indo- +‎ Portuguese.

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Examples

  • Its swaying palms and white sandy beaches, charming Indo-Portuguese architecture, colorful parades and festivals and a famous laid-back reputation attract 2 millions visitors annually.

    Goa, India: Destination Of The Day (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Its swaying palms and white sandy beaches, charming Indo-Portuguese architecture, colorful parades and festivals and a famous laid-back reputation attract 2 millions visitors annually.

    PHOTOS: Uniquely Goa Manal Khan 2010

  • Its swaying palms and white sandy beaches, charming Indo-Portuguese architecture, colorful parades and festivals and a famous laid-back reputation attract 2 millions visitors annually.

    PHOTOS: Uniquely Goa Manal Khan 2010

  • Its swaying palms and white sandy beaches, charming Indo-Portuguese architecture, colorful parades and festivals and a famous laid-back reputation attract 2 millions visitors annually.

    Goa, India: Destination Of The Day (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • It was reserved for an Indo-Portuguese priest, a man of strange bearing, the Abbé Faria, to recall public attention to animal magnetism and to revive the science.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • The resistance which followed, both in Bombay and in other parts of India has uniformly been called the "Goan or Indo-Portuguese Schism" by writers outside the Padroado party; and the term schism occurs frequently in the pronouncements of the Holy See; but the Padroadists themselves have always resented this title on the ground that the fault lay with the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • Some Indo-Portuguese servants were on their knees, imploring Mary -- "Mariam, Mariam!"

    Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 James Kennedy 1857

  • The decorative molding on the ceiling border and sides of the walls and the gold leaf ceiling design are inspired by Indo-Portuguese architecture.

    unknown title 2011

  • The first Hyatt hotel to be located in vibrant North Goa, Grand Hyatt Goa is a contemporary resort and spa built in the architectural style of a 17 th century Indo-Portuguese palace.

    unknown title 2011

  • In many parts of Goa, mansions constructed in the Indo-Portuguese style architecture still stand, though in some villages, most of them are in a dilapidated condition.

    unknown title 2009

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