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Meaning of "Portuguese India" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTUGUESE INDIA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTUGUESE INDIA

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portuguese India is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORTUGUESE INDIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Portuguese India

Also spoken; Konkani, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, others Political structure Colony; Overseas Province State of the Portuguese Empire Head of state - King 1511–21 Manuel I of Portugal - President 1958–61 Américo Tomás Viceroy - 1505–9 Francisco de Almeida - 1896 Afonso, Duke of Porto Governor-general - 1509–15 Afonso de Albuquerque - 1958–62 Manuel António Vassalo e Silva Historical era Imperialism - Fall of Sultanate of Bijapur 15 August 1505 - Indian Annexation; 19 December 1961 Currency Portuguese Indian rupia Portuguese Indian escudo The State of India, formally, Estado da Índia Portuguesa, and commonly Portuguese India, was a colonial state of the Portuguese Empire, six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and India, to serve as the plenipotentiary governing body of a string of Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas.

Definition of Portuguese India in the English dictionary

The definition of Portuguese India in the dictionary is a former Portuguese overseas province on the W coast of India, consisting of Goa, Daman, and Diu: established between 1505 and 1510; annexed by India in 1961.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTUGUESE INDIA

Portsmouth
Portugal
Portugal laurel
Portuguese
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Guinean
Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese Timor
Portuguese water dog
Portuguese West Africa
Portuguese-speaking
portulaca
portulacaceous
porty
porwiggle
pory
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WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTUGUESE INDIA

antependia
British India
Candia
Chindia
compendia
Farther India
French India
Hollandia
India
latifundia
scandia

Synonyms and antonyms of Portuguese India in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Portuguese India» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTUGUESE INDIA

Find out the translation of Portuguese India to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Portuguese India from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Portuguese India» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

葡萄牙印度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

India portuguesa
570 millions of speakers

English

Portuguese India
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुर्तगाली भारत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهند البرتغالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Португальская Индия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Estado Português da Índia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্তুগিজ ভারত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Inde portugaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Portugis India
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Portugiesisch-Indien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポルトガル語、インド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포르투갈어 인도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portugis India
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bồ Đào Nha Ấn Độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்ச்சுகீஸ் இந்தியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्तुगीज भारत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Portekizce Hindistan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

India portoghese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Portugalski Indie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

португальська Індія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

India Portugheză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πορτογαλικά Ινδία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Portugese Indië
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

portugisisk Indien
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Portugisisk India
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Portuguese India

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTUGUESE INDIA»

The term «Portuguese India» is regularly used and occupies the 94.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTUGUESE INDIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Portuguese India» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Portuguese India» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Portuguese India

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTUGUESE INDIA»

Discover the use of Portuguese India in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Portuguese India and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Trade and Finance in Portuguese India: A Study of the ...
This Work Marks A Sharp Departure From The Predominant Eurocentric Emphasis In Indo-Portuguese Studies, On The Sixteenth Century Portuguese Trade In The Carreira Da India.
Celsa Pinto, 1994
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The Portuguese in India: Being a history of the rise and ...
LIST OF VICEROYS, GOVERNORS, Ac., OF PORTUGUESE INDIA. 1. Dom Francisco de Almeida ( Viceroy) 1505-1509 2. Alfonso de Albuquerque ( Governor) ... ... ... 1509-1515 3. Lopo Scares de Albergaria (Governor)... ... ... 1515-1518 4.
Frederick Charles Danvers, 1988
3
Rise of Portuguese Power in India
Reprint London 1899 edition,
R.S. Whiteway, 1995
4
The Third Portuguese Empire, 1825-1975: A Study in Economic ...
British troops were stationed in Portuguese India from 1799-1815, in theory to protect the enclaves from French attack, and the British made several offers to buy Portuguese India. Strong diplomatic pressure was brought to bear on Lisbon to ...
W. G. Clarence-Smith, 1985
5
The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move
57 Until the mid-seventeenth century, a posting to Brazil or indeed anywhere in the Portuguese Atlantic ranked lower than to Portuguese India. This distinction between Portuguese India and Portuguese America was reflected in the fact that  ...
A. J. R. Russell-Wood, 1998
6
Slavery and South Asian History
The Portuguese colonial reaction to the Indian “Mutiny”of 1857 is bound up with the question of illegal slave trafficking into Portuguese India from Africa.In Goa, the colonial government's intended use of conscripted African troops in response to ...
Indrani Chatterjee, Richard M. Eaton, 2006
7
Portuguese India Armadas: 4th Portuguese India Armada, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, 2011
8
Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580–1640
James C. Boyajian shows how Portuguese-Asian commerce formed part of a global trading network that linked not only Europe and Asia but also—for the first time—Asia, West Africa, Brazil, and Spanish America.
James C. Boyajian, 2007
9
Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, 1500–1800
Colonial health officials generally supplied drug consignments to stock shipboard medical chests or re- gional colonial hospital facilities within the Estado da Índia and beyond.9 Merchants and missionaries in Portuguese India, China, and ...
Daniela Bleichmar, Paula De Vos, Kristin Huffine, 2008
10
Twilight of the pepper empire: Portuguese trade in southwest ...
The story of that company and the reasons for its failure are thoroughly investigated as Disney looks at its antecedents, composition, activities, and weaknesses-The author has unearthed much new statistical material from widely scattered ...
Anthony R. Disney, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTUGUESE INDIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Portuguese India is used in the context of the following news items.
1
On The Pointlessness of "Authenticity" in Food
We move to Goa, West India's smallest state, and the vindaloo echos the annexed Portuguese India. As we move south, Tarun notes that ... «OC Weekly, Jun 15»
2
Core ingredient: Mango, the summer delight
It is said to be named after Afonso de Albuquerque, the second governor of Portuguese India, who loved mango. On their many travels between ... «Livemint, May 15»
3
Book: 'The Travels of Mendes Pinto' – Editor's Note
Therefore, at twenty-eight, Pinto left to join the Portuguese India Armadas. Pinto's travels can be divided into three phases: firstly, from Portugal ... «Portuguese American Journal, May 15»
4
Priceless antiques draw crowds to fair
Apart from British India coins, the show also displays Portuguese India and French India coins. There is also India Rs. 1,000 currency note ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
5
11 Fun Facts About Rio
... for 612,000 gold cruzados and 100 chests of sugar, but the Portuguese sentenced him to exile in Portuguese India for being such a coward. «Smithsonian, Mar 15»
6
End of a spectacular intellectual dynasty
... from Sancoale across the border of Portuguese India to Pune, then Varanasi, where he learned Sanskrit while subsisting like a mendicant. «Times of India, Feb 15»
7
Surat Port was contraband centre high on opium
... and export of opium except what was purchases at company sales in Bengal," writes Celsa Pinto in 'Trade and Finance in Portuguese India'. «Times of India, Feb 15»
8
Stamp lovers catch a glimpse of country's rich history
The stamps of Portuguese India, for instance, tell us about the saints and poets of Portugal. They also depict the heraldic arms and forts built on ... «Times of India, Dec 14»
9
Today in History – December 19
1961 – India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. 1964 – The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyễn Khánh dissolve the ... «Net Newsledger, Dec 14»
10
Old Goa is state's most unique heritage area
The famous Portuguese secretary of the then State of Portuguese India, Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara speaking of the Old Goa city said, ... «Times of India, Dec 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Portuguese India [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/portuguese-india>. Apr 2024 ».
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