Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of southwest Europe on the western Iberian Peninsula and the Madeira Islands and the Azores in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Originally inhabited by the Lusitanians, a Celtiberian people, the mainland area was subsequently held by the Romans, the Visigoths, and the Moors before the establishment of an independent Christian kingdom in the 1100s. Portugal flourished as a maritime and colonial power in the 1400s and 1500s with holdings in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Brazil. Much of its empire was lost to the British and the Dutch in the 1600s and 1700s, and the remaining colonies became independent in the 1800s and 1900s. Lisbon is the capital and the largest city.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Portugal; a Portuguese.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
country inEurope , on theIberian Peninsula. Member state of theEuropean Union . Official name: Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa). - noun A
Portuguese person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
Etymologies
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_ -- In answer to the inquiry of "Northman" (No. 16.p. 246.), P.C.S.S. has to state, that he believes that the most recent, as it is unquestionably the most copious, work on the topography of Portugal is the _Diccionario Geografico de Portugal_, published at
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LISBON, PORTUGAL - MAY 29: Belinda Carlisle performs as part of the 'Here and Now Tour' at Pavilhao Atlantico on May 29, 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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NB; (508) 979-8277 or www. serlingpa.org. monday, november 2 coyle & cassidy celebrates portugal: Nov. 10, last day to purchase tickets is Nov. 2; a celebration of food, music & culture of Portugal sponsored by the World Language Dept.
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In the latter year began the "sixty years 'captivity," when Portugal became merely a Spanish province; yet there is no recollection of this -- except the ingrained hatred of Spaniards and of everything Spanish -- or of the shaking off the yoke in 1640, and of the battle of Amexial in 1663, where the English contingent bore the brunt of the battle, and the "Portugueses," as they are called by the author of _An Account of the Court of Portugal_, published in 1700, claimed the principal part of the honour.
Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin
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The functional literacy rate in Portugal is amongst the lowest in Europe.
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The functional literacy rate in Portugal is amongst the lowest in Europe.
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The functional literacy rate in Portugal is amongst the lowest in Europe.
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The functional literacy rate in Portugal is amongst the lowest in Europe.
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The functional literacy rate in Portugal is amongst the lowest in Europe.
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The functional literacy rate in Portugal is amongst the lowest in Europe.
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