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Portuguese women began to migrate independently, although even at the turn of the 20th century, 319 men came each 100 women. [396] The Portuguese were different from Germans [397] or Italians [398] who brought many more women with them. Despite the small female proportion, Portuguese men typically chose Portuguese women, while female immigrants ...
The Portuguese colonists, all males, began to have children with female Amerindians, creating a new generation of mixed-race people who spoke Amerindian languages, including a Tupi language called Nheengatu. The children of these Portuguese men and Amerindian women soon formed the majority of the population.
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Pages in category "Portuguese feminine given names" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
An estimated 60 people were killed, including children. Aruká, one of the few survivors, lost his father. His mother would die years later of malaria, a disease introduced in the Amazon by non ...
The Indigenous peoples in Brazil (Portuguese: povos indígenas no Brasil) comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups, who have inhabited the country prior to the European. The word índios ("Indians"), was by then established to designate the people of the Americas and is still used today in the Portuguese language to designate these ...
The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil.