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portugal

/ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/

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What does portugal mean?

proper noun

  1. A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
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noun

  1. (archaic) A Portuguese person.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpɔɹtuɡɑːl/
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Since this discovery, similar specimens have been described as having been found in Portugal, and from another locality in France.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
The loss which Spain and Portugal could sustain by this exportation of their gold and silver, would be altogether nominal and imaginary.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
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The shores of Portugal were beginning to lose their substance; but the land was still the land, though at a great distance.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
A report is come of the death of the King of Portugal, and of the young Pretender; but that I don't believe.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
‘My head won’t stand much writing yet, so I will run up and take a look at the blue night sky off the coast of Portugal.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698