Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Portuguese-speaking person, especially in a region where two or more languages are spoken.
  • adjective Portuguese-speaking.

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  • adjective of a person Portuguese-speaking.
  • adjective of a place Portuguese-speaking.
  • noun A Portuguese speaker.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Lus(itania) + –phone.]

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From Portuguese lusófono ("Portuguese-speaking"), from Lusitania ("the Roman province in what is now Portugal").

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