Portuguese name

Results for "Portuguese name peninsula"

A-Ma Temple The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macao".

Names of Macau The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macao".

Macau The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macau".

Results for "Portuguese name island"

Cape Verde The Portuguese named the islands Cabo Verde (from which the English Cape Verde derives), after the nearby Cap Vert on the Senegalese coast.

Madagascar The Portuguese continued trading with the islanders and named the island São Lourenço (St. Lawrence).

History of Barbados The Portuguese, en route to Brazil, are credited as the first European nation to discover and name the island.

Results for "Portuguese name Macao"

A-Ma Temple The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macao".

Names of Macau The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macao".

Results for "Portuguese name area"

List of country name etymologies The Portuguese named the area in honour of a Ngola allied with them.

Liberia The Portuguese had named the area Costa da Pimenta, later translated as Grain Coast, because of the abundance of grains of melegueta pepper.

Results for "Portuguese name country"

Ucio The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after Msumbiji, the Swahili name of Mozambique Island and port-town.

Mozambique The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after Msumbiji, the Swahili name of Mozambique Island and port-town.

Results for "Portuguese name Moçambique"

Ucio The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after Msumbiji, the Swahili name of Mozambique Island and port-town.

Mozambique The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after Msumbiji, the Swahili name of Mozambique Island and port-town.

Results for "Portuguese name List"

Sephardi Jews See also List of Jewish surnames, Spanish and Portuguese names, List of Sephardic People, List of Iberian Jews

Results for "Portuguese name Bié Province"

Kuito Together they built the city and later the Portuguese would name the Bié Province after the ruler.

Results for "Portuguese name Santa Apollonia"

Culture of the Indian Ocean Islands The Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit the island, finding it uninhabited in 1513, and naming it Santa Apollonia.

Results for "Portuguese name Madre de Deus"

Chennai Some believe that the Portuguese, who arrived in the area in the 16th century, may have named the village Madre de Deus.

Results for "Portuguese name village"

Chennai Some believe that the Portuguese, who arrived in the area in the 16th century, may have named the village Madre de Deus.

Results for "Portuguese name Enrique Leme Sunda"

History of Jakarta The relationship between the Kingdom of Sunda and Portugal intensified when another Portuguese named Enrique Leme visited Sunda in 1522 with the intention of giving a present.

Results for "Portuguese name river"

Name of Argentina Because of this the Portuguese named the river found by Vespucio or Solis Río da Prata ("River of the Silver").

Results for "Portuguese name language"

Reforms of Portuguese orthography In 1290, King Diniz created the first Portuguese University in Lisbon (later moved to Coimbra) and decreed that Portuguese, then called simply the "Common language" would henceforth be used instead of Latin, and named the "Portuguese language."

Results for "Portuguese name team"

UEFA Euro 2008 Group A The final round of matches saw the Portuguese name an under-strength team for their match against Switzerland, their progression already assured.

Results for "Portuguese name A Famosa"

Malacca In the meantime the Portuguese built the fort named A Famosa to defend Malacca (its gate is all that remains of the ruins at present).

Results for "Portuguese name locate"

Cape Spear The Portuguese named this location "Cabo da Esperança" which means "cape of hope", which became "Cap d'Espoir" in French and finally "Cape Spear".

Results for "Portuguese name city"

Colombo However, it is also possible that the Portuguese named the city after Christopher Columbus, the Genoese sailor who lived in Portugal for many years before discovering the Americas on behalf of the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.

Results for "Portuguese name Grande"

Port of Chittagong The Portuguese named the Port PORTE GRANDE (a great Port ).

Results for "Portuguese name Islands"

History of the Azores The Islands were named the Azores, or "Goshawks" by the Portuguese for the number of hawks and falcons found there.

Results for "Portuguese name Sagres III."

Gorch Fock (1933) The Portuguese named her accordingly Sagres III.

Results for "Portuguese name Gurúè"

Gurúè Gurúè was founded and named by the Portuguese in the 19th century and developed as a major tea producing town starting in the 1930s.

Results for "Portuguese name Crajirú"

Arrabidaea chica Arrabidaea chica (Puca panga, Chica, Crajiru, Cricket-vine; Portuguese common name Crajirú) is a medicinal plant in the Bignoniaceae family, and it is also used for cosmetics.

Results for "Portuguese name Curtorim"

Curtorim Curtorim was named by the Portuguese.

Results for "Portuguese name Cabo da Esperança"

Cape Spear The Portuguese named this location "Cabo da Esperança" which means "cape of hope", which became "Cap d'Espoir" in French and finally "Cape Spear".

Results for "Portuguese name Port PORTE"

Port of Chittagong The Portuguese named the Port PORTE GRANDE (a great Port ).

Results for "Portuguese name dodo"

Mauritius When it was discovered, the island of Mauritius was the home of a previously unknown species of bird, which the Portuguese named the dodo (simpleton), as they appeared to be not too bright.

Results for "Portuguese name simpleton"

Mauritius When it was discovered, the island of Mauritius was the home of a previously unknown species of bird, which the Portuguese named the dodo (simpleton), as they appeared to be not too bright.

Results for "Portuguese name species"

Mauritius When it was discovered, the island of Mauritius was the home of a previously unknown species of bird, which the Portuguese named the dodo (simpleton), as they appeared to be not too bright.

Results for "Portuguese name Iberian Jews"

Sephardi Jews See also List of Jewish surnames, Spanish and Portuguese names, List of Sephardic People, List of Iberian Jews

Results for "Portuguese name Macau"

Macau The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macau".

Results for "Portuguese name Casa Branca"

Port of Casablanca Before being named "Casa Branca" (White house in Portuguese language) by the Portuguese, Casablanca used to be known as Anfa.

Results for "Portuguese name features"

Fogo Island, Newfoundland Note that many Newfoundland geographical features were named by the Spanish, the Portuguese and the French before anglophones (the English, the Irish and the Scots) arrived.

Results for "Portuguese name Joseph Antoine"

Minot's Ledge Light He hired new assistants including an Englishman named Joseph Wilson and a Portuguese named Joseph Antoine.

Results for "Portuguese name Rio des Reijs"

Komati River The Portuguese named the river's lower reaches the Rio des Reijs, or "river of rice".

Results for "Portuguese name reaches"

Komati River The Portuguese named the river's lower reaches the Rio des Reijs, or "river of rice".