Portuguese Republic

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Portuguese Republic - a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil) Portugal Portuguese - the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security Iberian Peninsula, Iberia - a peninsula in southwestern Europe Acores, Azores - islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes" Madeira Islands, Madeiras - a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal Braga - an ancient city in northern Portugal capital of Portugal, Lisboa, Lisbon - capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic Oporto, Porto - port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine Setubal - a port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon Lusitania - ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Tagus, Tagus River - a European river; flows into the North Atlantic Portuguese - a native or inhabitant of Portugal duenna - a woman chaperon Grand Inquisitor - director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)