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The political origin of the Portuguese state is in the founding of County of Portugal in 868 (Portuguese: Condado Portucalense; in period documents the name used was Portugalia [173]). It was the first time that a cohesive nationalism emerged there, as even during the Roman Era, the indigenous populations were from diverse ethnic and cultural ...
Portugal does not collect ethnicity or racial data of its population. [54] Anti-racism laws prohibit and penalize racial discrimination in housing, business, and health services. Discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, education, access to health care, or the provision of other state services is illegal. The law mandates ...
Pimentel is a Portuguese and Spanish surname of Portuguese origin, whose nobles initially belonged to the illustrious Portuguese Benavente family. Another branch was established in Spain, in which its members comprised the House of Pimentel , a Spanish noble family of Portuguese origin , who also became established and distinguished in the ...
Machado family coat of arms (Portuguese) Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning "axe" [1] or "hatchet", with the surname attested as far back as the 12th century. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Hispanic America, the Philippines, India (former Portuguese colony of Goa, Mangalore, Southern Tamil Nadu and Southern Kerala), as well as former Portuguese colony of Macao ...
Origin: toponymic/natural world, from Latin pirum or pyrus (pear, pear-tree). Currently, it is one of the most common surnames in South America and Europe. Started as a noble Christian toponym of the Middle Ages, taken from the feudal estate of Pereira, Portugal, which in Portuguese means 'pear tree'.
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]
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Spanish and Portuguese have acquired different words from various Amerindian, African and Asian languages, as in the following examples: 'pineapple': Sp. piña (from the Spanish word for 'pine cone') / Port. abacaxi (from Tupi) or ananás (from Tupi–Guarani; also in Spanish, by way of Portuguese, ananás or ananá).