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  • Thumbnail for History of Elmina
    agreement between the Portuguese navigator Diogo de Azambuja and the ruler of Elmina, called Caramansa by the Portuguese. In it, the Portuguese were allowed to...
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    Denis of Portugal created the first Portuguese university in Lisbon (the Estudos Gerais, which later moved to Coimbra) and decreed for Portuguese, then simply...
    159 KB (14,174 words) - 11:58, 2 September 2024
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    Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the...
    230 KB (19,889 words) - 13:38, 5 September 2024
  • Bombay, which is the older Portuguese name of the city. It is not retained in the new supplement Mumbai Mirror that comes with Times of India.[citation needed]...
    43 KB (4,192 words) - 12:31, 16 August 2024
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    Casino (section Portugal)
    popular destination for visitors who wish to gamble. This started in Portuguese times, when Macau was popular with visitors from nearby Hong Kong, where...
    45 KB (4,029 words) - 18:03, 29 August 2024
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    The Portuguese people (Portuguese: Portugueses – masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country...
    377 KB (30,068 words) - 16:06, 2 September 2024
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    History of Madeira (category CS1 European Portuguese-language sources (pt-pt))
    followed by Portugal declaring war on Germany and starting to organise Portuguese troops to go to the Western Front. The effect of the Portuguese participation...
    30 KB (4,019 words) - 02:01, 22 August 2024
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    gifts. However, in contemporary times, many varieties are made and consumed year round. Outside of Portugal, Portuguese "sweet bread" translated as "pão...
    38 KB (3,601 words) - 00:14, 4 August 2024
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    Kristang people (category Portuguese diaspora in Asia)
    (otherwise known as "Portuguese-Eurasians" or "Malacca Portuguese") are a creole and indigenous ethnic group of people of primarily Portuguese and Malay descent...
    18 KB (1,930 words) - 14:33, 1 August 2024
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    Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, Portuguese, and Timorese found throughout the world. Portuguese is spoken as a first language in Portugal (the language's namesake)...
    36 KB (2,965 words) - 19:32, 12 August 2024
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    (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmɐjɾɐ ˈliɣɐ]), officially known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football...
    102 KB (3,581 words) - 19:54, 2 September 2024
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    Kingdom) and the Kingdom of Portugal (now the Portuguese Republic), though the countries were previously allied via the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373. Since...
    23 KB (2,721 words) - 18:50, 27 August 2024
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    The Portuguese man o' war is the only species in the genus Physalia, which in turn is the only genus in the family Physaliidae. The Portuguese man o'...
    50 KB (5,023 words) - 00:53, 9 August 2024
  • longevity claims of 9 Portuguese supercentenarians, including 7 residents and 2 emigrants. Maria de Jesus was the oldest Portuguese citizen whose age was...
    15 KB (796 words) - 23:27, 30 August 2024
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    Panaji (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    renamed Nova Goa (Portuguese for "New Goa") when it officially replaced the city of Goa (now Old Goa) as the capital of Portuguese India, though the Viceroy...
    31 KB (2,500 words) - 17:48, 1 September 2024
  • still speak the Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese language, a creole based on Portuguese mixed with Sinhalese. In modern times, English has become the common...
    6 KB (590 words) - 08:22, 23 August 2024
  • literature) or pa (only in slang in Portugal and Rio de Janeiro, and not permitted in writing) in Portuguese. Portuguese pra, in turn, may join with the definite...
    194 KB (17,182 words) - 23:13, 24 August 2024
  • A Portuguese name, or Lusophone name – a personal name in the Portuguese language – is typically composed of one or two personal names, the mother's family...
    73 KB (8,997 words) - 05:13, 16 July 2024
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    The flag of Portugal (Portuguese: Bandeira de Portugal) is the national flag of the Portuguese Republic. It is a rectangular bicolour with a field divided...
    57 KB (6,751 words) - 03:00, 11 August 2024
  • Portuguese Americans (Portuguese: portugueses americanos), also known as Luso-Americans (luso-americanos), are citizens and residents of the United States...
    32 KB (2,653 words) - 21:50, 28 August 2024
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