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The Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa is a comprehensive dictionary of the Portuguese language, published in Brazil, first compiled by Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira. It is popularly known as the Dicionário Aurélio , or simply Aurélio or Aurelião ("Big Aurélio "').
At the start of World War II in 1939, the Portuguese Government announced on 1 September that the 550-year-old Anglo-Portuguese Alliance remained intact, but since the British did not seek Portuguese assistance, Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war and would do so.
The Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese Language) is a major reference dictionary for the Portuguese language, edited by Brazilian writer Antônio Houaiss. The dictionary was composed by a team of two hundred lexicographers from several countries. The project started in 1986 and was finished in 2000 ...
Algunas armas utilizadas en la guerra Colonial Portuguesa 1961–1974. [Some weapons used in the Portuguese Colonial War 1961–1974] (in Spanish). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2016. Major-general Renato Fernando Marques Pinto, As indústrias militares e as armas de fogo portáteis no Exército Português, REVISTA MILITAR, No. 2495, Dezembro de ...
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP, Portuguese: Corpo Expedicionário Português) was the main expeditionary force from Portugal that fought in the Western Front, during World War I. Portuguese neutrality ended in 1916 after the Portuguese seizure of German merchant ships resulted in the German Empire declaring war on Portugal. The ...
The League was then headed by a "veterans commission" composed of Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Xavier da Cunha Aragão, Lieutenant Colonel João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, First Lieutenant Horácio Faria Pereira and Lieutenant Joaquim de Figueiredo Ministro. The League was established due to the unjust treatment of Great War veterans, especially ...
July 22: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (Corpo Expedicionário Português, CEP), with 30,000 soldiers, was established in Tancos, Portugal, under the command of General Norton de Matos. August 7: The Portuguese Parliament accepted the participation of Portugal in the war, following the invitation of the British government. The Portuguese ...
They are placed on a large stone pedestal, with a shield at the front, that bears the following inspiration: "Ao serviço da Pátria, o esforço da Grei". It is a quote of poet Augusto Casimiro, which translates from Portuguese to "In the service of the Fatherland, the effort of its People".