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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 surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two). For practicality, usually only the last surname ( excluding prepositions) is used in formal ...
v. t. e. Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese: português brasileiro; [poʁtuˈɡejz bɾaziˈlejɾu]) is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide. [ 4][ 5] It is spoken by almost all of the 203 million inhabitants of Brazil and spoken widely across the Brazilian diaspora ...
The Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa ( Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese Language) is a major reference dictionary for the Portuguese language, edited by Brazilian writer Antônio Houaiss . The dictionary was composed by a team of two hundred lexicographers from several countries. The project started in 1986 and was finished in 2000 ...
Alencar. Alexandre (given name) Alexsander. Alfeu. Alfredo. Alison (given name) Alphons. Amadeu (given name) Amado.
Portuguese is spoken by approximately 200 million people in South America, 30 million in Africa, 15 million in Europe, 5 million in North America and 0.33 million in Asia and Oceania. It is the native language of the vast majority of the people in Portugal, [42] Brazil [43] and São Tomé and Príncipe (95%). [44]
Elena (given name) Eliana. Elisa (given name) Elvira. Erika (given name) Esmeralda (given name) Ester (disambiguation) Eva (name)
Spanish naming customs include the orthographicoption of conjoining the surnames with the conjunctionparticle y, or ebefore a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset, Tomás Portillo y Blanco, or Eduardo Dato e Iradier), following an antiquated aristocraticusage.
Portuguese Republic República Portuguesa (Portuguese) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: A Portuguesa "The Portuguese" Show globe Show map of the European Union Location of Portugal (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) Capital and largest city Lisbon 38°46′N 9°9′W / 38.767°N 9.150°W / 38.767; -9.150 Official languages Portuguese ...