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(Encyclopedia)Pôrto: see Oporto, Portugal.Olisipo
(Encyclopedia)Olisipo: see Lisbon, Portugal.Buçaco
(Encyclopedia)Buçaco: see Bussaco, Portugal.Busaco
(Encyclopedia)Busaco: see Bussaco, Portugal.Açores
(Encyclopedia)Açores: see Azores, Portugal.Bracara Augusta
(Encyclopedia)Bracara Augusta: see Braga, Portugal. ...Neto, Agostinho
(Encyclopedia)Neto, Agostinho əgo͞oshtēnˈyo͞o nāˈto͞o [key], 1927–79, first president of independent Angola. A Portuguese-educated physician and poet, he founded the Popular Movement for the Liberation of...Maria I
(Encyclopedia)Maria I, 1734–1816, queen of Portugal (1777–1816), daughter of Joseph I. She was married (1760) to her uncle, who assumed joint rule with her as Peter III. Neither of them was much interested in a...Teixeira, Pedro
(Encyclopedia)Teixeira, Pedro pĕˈdro͝o tāˈshārə [key], d. 1640, Portuguese explorer, one of the early voyagers on the Amazon. He commanded the expedition sent by the governor of Maranhão up the Amazon in th...Coimbra
(Encyclopedia)Coimbra kōēmˈbrə [key], city, capital of Coimbra dist., W central Portugal, on the Mondego ...Browse by Subject
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