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Pombal

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Pombal (Portuguese) [pomˈbal]
n
(Biographies / Pombal, Marquês de (1699-1782) M, Portuguese, POLITICS: statesman) Marquês de (mərkeʃ ˈdəː). title of Sebastiâo José de Carvalho e Mello. 1699-1782, Portuguese statesman, who dominated Portuguese government from 1750 to 1777 and instituted many administrative and economic reforms


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1986; Sazima e Pombal Junior, 1988; Winemiller, 1989; Lowe-McConnell, 1999; Pompeu, 1999; Agostinho e Marques, 2001; Agostinho e Julio Junior, 2002; Agostinho et al.
So the country's chief minister, the Marques de Pombal, wasted no time in rebuilding the whole place.
Em seguida, quase dois séculos e meio depois, ocorreu a implantação permanente do português como língua oficial do Brasil, por meio do decreto instituído pelo Marquês de Pombal que proibiu o ensino de qualquer idioma indígena na colônia.
 
 
 
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