The Azores Autonomous Region [Regiao Autonomia dos Acores] is a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The Azores' nine islands and rocky islets are about 930 miles [1,500 kilometers] from Lisbon [Lisboa], Portugal and about 2,400 miles [3,900 kilometers] from the east coast of North America.
The Azores were claimed for Portugal and settled by the Portuguese in the early fifteenth century. In 1976 the Azores became one of two autonomous regions of Portugal. According to the 2001 Census, their population was 241,763. It's estimated at 243,018 for 2006. In 2007 the population was around 244,000.
Nabo is an example of Portuguese vegetables whose spelling begins with the letter n. The masculine singular noun in question translates literally as "turnip" and figuratively as "ignorant (stupid) person" in English. The pronunciation will be "NA-boo" in Cariocan Brazilian and in continental Portuguese.
Honiara is the capital city of the Solomon Islands.
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Yvyja is an animal whose spelling begins with the letter "y" in Portuguese. It represents the Guarani equivalent, a South American indigenous language used in interior jungle areas of Brazil, for "snake." The pronunciation will be "ih-vih-zha" in Cariocan Brazilian.
The island group northeast of Australia with the capital city of Honiara is the Solomon Islands.
Honiara is the capital city of the Solomon Islands.
Portugal is the primary nation whose language is the Portuguese. So there is only one nation whose history and language is unique.
BraceScura is an Italian equivalent of the Portuguese word AscuaScura.Specifically, the feminine nouns brace in Italian and ascua in Portuguese mean "ember." The feminine adjectives scura in Italian and escura* in Portuguese translate as "dark." The respective pronunciation will be "BRA-tchey-SKOO-ra" in Italian and "A-skwah-SKOO-ruh" in Cariocan/continental Portuguese.*The final vowel may drop before a succeeding word whose spelling begins with a vowel.
The ecology pioneer whose last name begins with Mu is John Muir.
Senhoras is the Portuguese equivalent of the English word 'ladies'. It's a feminine noun whose definite article is 'as' ['the'], and whose indefinite article is 'umas'['some']. It's pronounced 'ah-see-NYAW-ruhsh'.
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Eggplant is a fruit. It begins with the letter e.