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The Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa is a comprehensive dictionary of the Portuguese language, published in Brazil, first compiled by Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira. It is popularly known as the Dicionário Aurélio , or simply Aurélio or Aurelião ("Big Aurélio "').
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"February" can be pronounced in several different ways. The beginning of the word is commonly pronounced either as / ˈ f ɛ b j u-/ ⓘ FEB-yoo-or / ˈ f ɛ b r u-/ FEB-roo-; many people drop the first "r", replacing it with / j /, as if it were spelled "Febuary".
[1] 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. [2] 1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. [3] 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia. [4] 1527 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague. [5]
1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey, [13] although the company would not start doing business until February 25 [14] and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1.
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In the UK, just under half of the population spend money on their Valentines, and around £1.9 billion was spent in 2015 on cards, flowers, chocolates, and other gifts. [83] The mid-19th century Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the U.S. to follow.
The origin of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival was modest. Thanks to the initiative of the mayor Gustavo Lorca [12] and Carlos Ansaldo, director of the Department of Tourism and Public Relations of the Municipality of Viña del Mar, between February 21 and 28, 1960, a unique competition was organized, in which the contestants had to present an original song whose theme was the ...