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Look up Portuguese in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Portuguese may refer to: anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal. Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods. Portuguese language, a Romance language. Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language. Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine animal.
Portuguese wine. The traditional rabelo boat, used to transport Port Wine from the Douro Valley to the cellars near the city of Porto. Portuguese wine was mostly introduced by the Romans and other ancient Mediterranean peoples who traded with local coastal populations, mainly in the South. In pre-Roman Gallaecia-Lusitania times, the native ...
Exclusive economic zone. 1,727,408 km 2 (666,956 sq mi) Portugal is a coastal nation in western Europe, located at the western end of the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain (on its northern and eastern frontiers: a total of 1,215 kilometres (755 mi)). The Portuguese territory also includes a series of archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean (the ...
Lisbon ( / ˈlɪzbən /; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 548,703 as of 2022 within its administrative limits [4] and 2,871,133 within the metropolis. [5]
The Government of Portugal, also referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Government or simply the Government, is one of the four sovereignty bodies [ pt] of the Portuguese Republic, together with the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic and the courts. It is both the body of sovereignty that ...
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa; abbr. : CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Community (Portuguese: Comunidade Lusófona ), [1] [2] is an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across five continents, where Portuguese is an official language.
The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip directly from Europe to the Indian subcontinent, via the Cape of Good Hope. [1] Under the command of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, it was undertaken during the reign of King Manuel I in 1495–1499. Considered one of the most remarkable voyages of the Age of ...
