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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 ...
It is a quote of poet Augusto Casimiro, which translates from Portuguese to "In the service of the Fatherland, the effort of its People". Each side of the pedestal feature large inscription that reads: "Grande Guerra", meaning the "Great War". On the sides of the pedestal are, two large stone figures of men, bent under the main part of the ...
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 "').
The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial), also referred to as the Portuguese Overseas War or Overseas War (Portuguese: Guerra do Ultramar) for short, was a military conflict staged during the Decolonisation of Africa that pitted the guerrilla forces of the African nationalist Liberation movements of the Guinea-Bissau, Angola ...
The Portuguese police discovered that Beevor's network included several "anti-Salazar" Portuguese members, which irked the Portuguese authorities. Salazar suspected that British flirtation with his opponents could be hiding an attempt to install in Lisbon a "democratic" alternative to his regime, one willing to bring the country under British ...
The League of Combatants ComTE MHTE MHIH ComB MHM (Portuguese: Liga dos Combatentes), originally established as the League of Combatants of the Great War (Portuguese: Liga dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra), is a Portuguese ex-service organisation established following the First World War.
Faria, Ivan Rodrigues de, 1996 Participação do Brasil na Primeira Guerra Mundial (in Portuguese) ('Brazil's participation in World War I') Brazilian Army Journal, Rio – DPHCEx, (p. 67) Frota, Guilherme de Andrea, 2000 500 Anos de História do Brasil (in Portuguese) Brazilian Army Press, ISBN 8570112777
The Monument to the Dead of World War II (Portuguese: Monumento Nacional aos Mortos da Segunda Guerra Mundial), also the Monument to the Brazilian Soldiers of World War II, popularly known as Monumento aos Pracinhas [1] [2] commemorates Brazil's participation and losses in the Second World War (WWII).