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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VISEU

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PRONUNCIATION OF VISEU

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VISEU

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Viseu 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 VISEU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Viseu

Viseu

Viseu is both a city and a municipality in the Dão-Lafões Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal. The municipality, with an area of 507.1 km2, has a population of 99,593, and the city proper has around 53,000. The Greater Metropolitan Area of Viseu is also one of the Grandes Áreas Metropolitanas - Greater Metropolitan Areas of Portugal with 354,162 inhabitants. Viseu has undergone a considerable economic growth, especially in the areas of telecommunications, industry, trade and education. Located in Portugal's northern-center the city is a crossroads linking the seaport of Aveiro in the Atlantic coast to Guarda near the Portuguese-Spanish border and then on to Salamanca, Spain. Coimbra, the regional seat of Centro Region, is about 80 km southwest. The city is noted on the arts scene due to the Grão Vasco Museum and the Teatro Viriato. Wine making is an important activity in the region. In ancient Portuguese history, Viseu is noted as one of the major urban centers in the area where Viriathus, a legendary warrior and national hero, lived.

Definition of Viseu in the English dictionary

The definition of Viseu in the dictionary is a city in N central Portugal: 12th-century cathedral. Pop: 93 502.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VISEU

Visct
viscum
viscus
vise
viselike
Vishakhapatnam
Vishinsky
Vishnu
Vishnuism

WORDS THAT END LIKE VISEU

adieu
bas bleu
Beaulieu
camaieu
cordon bleu
Depardieu
eu
feu
leu
lieu
meu
milieu
Montesquieu
pareu
pot-au-feu
prie-dieu
purlieu
Richelieu
subfeu
vieux jeu

Synonyms and antonyms of Viseu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Viseu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VISEU

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The translations of Viseu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Viseu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

维塞乌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Viseu
570 millions of speakers

English

Viseu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Viseu
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيسيو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Визеу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Viseu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Viseu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Viseu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Viseu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビゼウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Viseu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Viseu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Viseu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Viseu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Viseu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Viseu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Viseu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Візеу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Viseu
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Βισέου
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Viseu
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Viseu
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Viseu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Viseu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VISEU»

The term «Viseu» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.403 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VISEU» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VISEU»

Discover the use of Viseu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Viseu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lonely Planet Portugal
Threat of invasion from its not-always-friendly neighbour marks both the region's history and its landscape. A series of fearsome fortress-towns are the biggest draw for travellers, though the cities of Viseu and Guarda also have their charms,  ...
Regis St. Louis, Robert Landon, 2007
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Rough Guide to Portugal
Practicalities Viseu is no longer on the rail line, though CP buses still operate along the old routes, linking the town with Guarda, Coimbra and Lisbon on the Beira Alta line at Nelas (30min south ofViseu) and with the Coimbra- Aveiro— Porto ...
Mark Ellingham, John Fisher, Graham Kenyon, 2002
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Carreiras Eclesiásticas no Ocidente Cristão (séc. XII-XIV):
If we look at the data on Table I, we will notice that in between them Viseu and Lamego list 22 wills, 17 of which (77%) belonging to Viseu 7. The remaining five wills, belonging to the ecclesiastics of the See of Lamego, are not only numerically ...
Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa, 2007
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Frommer's Portugal
Some of the country's most gifted artisans ply their trades in and around Viseu. Busy weaver women create the unique quilts and carpets of Vil de Moinhos, local artisans of Molelos produce the region's provincial pottery, and women with ...
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, 2012
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Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Study of Successes
MOZAMBIQUE Victor Viseu, Mozambique Enterprise Network national coordinator and a member of the nine person Executive Committee of the African Enterprise Network, a continent wide network which encompasses the West, East and ...
David S. Fick, 2002
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Europe Real Estate Yearbook 2007
Forum Viseu is a mid-sized town shopping center, anchored by a Feira Nova hypermarket. For the most part it is an open-air scheme, with the exception of a small covered gallery on the second level. The project is perfectly integrated within ...
Marinus Dijkman, 2007
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Viseu
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Viseu (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is both a city (capital of Viseu District) and a municipality in the Dao-Lafoes Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Cadogan Guides Portugal
Getting There By road, Viseu is 85km from Aveiro, 94km from Coimbra,77km from Guarda, 127km from Oporto, and 110km from Vila Real. The railway station, along with all lines to Viseu, was closed at the end of 1990. From Lisbon, change at ...
David J. J. Evans, 2004
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Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal ...
Coimbra ; masonie proeessions &c, to bo diseontinued by the army while in Portugal ; herses wanted for the eavalry, vi. 467. Jan., 1810. Viseu; passports for post herses; eare of ammunition, sheoting of bulloeks forbidden ; double allowanee ...
Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, Arthur Richard Wellesley Wellington (2d Duke of), 1872
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Approaches to Handling Environmental Problems in the Mining ...
downstream basis for the Viseu/Tisa and Lapus/Somes rivers (Figure 6). Although only Zn data are plotted, the other heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Cd) discussed above exhibit very similar downstream concentration patterns. In the Viseu/Tisa system, ...
Walter Leal Filho, Irina Butorina, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VISEU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Viseu is used in the context of the following news items.
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Belga Gaetan Bille conquista liderança no prólogo em Viseu
O belga Gaetan Bille (Verandas Willems) conquistou hoje a liderança da Volta a Portugal em bicicleta, ao vencer o prólogo, em Viseu, ao concluir os seis ... «Diário de Notícias - Funchal, Jul 15»
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Viseu: Seis quilómetros para definir primeira amarela da 77.ª edição
Um prólogo de seis quilómetros nas ruas de Viseu inaugura hoje os 11 dias de competição da Volta a Portugal em bicicleta e vai definir quem será o primeiro ... «Sapo Desporto, Jul 15»
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Se está na Guarda, Penhas Douradas ou Viseu proteja-se contra os …
As regiões da Guarda, Penhas Douradas e Viseu, bem como as cidades de Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira) e Ponta Delgada (São Miguel), nos Açores, estão em ... «Renascença, Jul 15»
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Sete concelhos de Castelo Branco, Guarda, Viseu e Santarém em …
Sete concelhos dos distritos de Castelo Branco, Guarda, Viseu e Santarém apresentam esta terça-feira risco máximo de incêndio, segundo o Instituto Português ... «Renascença, Jul 15»
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Tribunal de Viseu vai ouvir novas testemunhas no processo "Palito"
O presumível homicida de São. João da Pesqueira, no distrito de Viseu, está acusado de ter matado duas mulheres, familiares da ex-mulher e de ter ferido a ... «RTP, Jul 15»
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Tribunal de Viseu adiou leitura de sentença de Manuel “Palito”
Defesa sempre falou em três disparos. Tribunal deu como provado quatro. Alteração no dia em que estava marcada a leitura do acórdão adiou sentença para ... «Público.pt, Jun 15»
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Mais de 300 bombeiros combatem dois incêndios em Viseu e Aveiro
Um total de 359 bombeiros estão a combater um incêndio em mato em Viseu e outro em povoamento florestal em Aveiro, ambos ativos desde o início da tarde ... «RTP, Jun 15»
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Vídeo: Em Viseu, família inteira luta contra o cancro
Uma família em Viseu está a viver o drama do cancro. Dos cinco que vivem lá em casa, apenas a filha mais nova, Mariana, de 7 anos, está livre da doença, mas ... «Lux, Jun 15»
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Incêndio no centro de Viseu
O incêndio que deflagrou este domingo, às 10:59, num edifício devoluto da zona histórica de Viseu, ficou dominado cerca de uma hora depois, disse fonte do ... «TVI24, Jun 15»
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Novo filme de António-Pedro Vasconcelos vai ser rodado em Viseu
O centro histórico e um conjunto de locais emblemáticos da cidade de Viseu vão servir de palco à rodagem do novo filme do realizador António-Pedro ... «As Beiras Online, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Viseu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/viseu>. Apr 2024 ».
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