portugal

Noun
  1. 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) (synset 109007158)
    domain member region:
    • portuguese - the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
    • duenna - a woman chaperon
    • grand inquisitor - director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
    is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
    member holonym: portuguese - a native or inhabitant of Portugal
    belongs to:
    has:
    • acores, azores - islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal
    • 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
    • tagus, tagus river - a European river; flows into the North Atlantic
    is a part of:
    • iberia, iberian peninsula - a peninsula in southwestern Europe
    • 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
    same as: portuguese republic

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