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  2. Powhatan language - Wikipedia

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    Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian is an Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages.It was formerly spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater Virginia.Following 1970s linguistic research by Frank Thomas Siebert, Jr., some of the language has been reconstructed with assistance from better-documented Algonquian languages, and attempts are being made to revive it.

  3. List of English words of Portuguese origin - Wikipedia

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    The present Portuguese word dodô ("dodo") is of English origin. The Portuguese word doudo or doido may itself be a loanword from Old English (cp. English "dolt") [34] Embarrass from Portuguese embaraçar (same meaning; also to tangle – string or rope), from em + baraço (archaic for "rope") [35] Emu from ema (= "rhea") [36]

  4. List of Galician words of Celtic origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Galician words of Celtic origin, many of them being shared with Portuguese (sometimes with minor differences) since both languages are from medieval Galician-Portuguese. A few of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from a Celtic source, usually Gaulish , while others have been later received from other languages, mainly ...

  5. List of Portuguese words of Italian origin - Wikipedia

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    A list of loanwords from the Italian language into the Portuguese language, also called italianisms. According to the Dicionário Universal da Lingua Portuguesa, there are 535 known and registered italianisms in the Portuguese language.

  6. Costa (surname) - Wikipedia

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    In Italy, Portugal, Galicia and Catalonia it is derived from the Latin word costa, "rib", which has come to mean slope, coast (close to the sea, or coastline locations) in Romance languages. In Spain, it originates from Catalonia or Galicia, with the Spanish (Castilian) equivalent being Cuesta .

  7. Languages of Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    The official website of Vatican City is in Italian. [3] Previous versions of the website were also available in English, French, German and Spanish. [4] The official website of the Holy See is primarily in Italian, with versions in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish, and partial versions in Arabic, Chinese and Latin. [5]

  8. Antonia (name) - Wikipedia

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    Antonia is a Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese name used in many parts of the world. [ 1 ] Antónia is a Spanish , Portuguese , Italian , and Polish feminine form of Anton , Antal and António used in Italy , Spain , Portugal , Malta , Switzerland , Brazil , and Argentina , as well as parts of Romania . [ 2 ]

  9. Greeks in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Greeks in Italy have been present since the migrations of traders and colonial foundations in the 8th century BC, continuing down to the present time. Nowadays, there is an ethnic minority known as the Griko people, [4] who live in the Southern Italian regions of Calabria (Province of Reggio Calabria) and Apulia, especially the peninsula of Salento, within the ancient Magna Graecia region, who ...