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Simões Lopes Neto
Simões is a Portuguese surname meaning "son of Simão." People Notable people with the surname include: * João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916), Brazilian journalist and author * JP Simões (1970), Portuguese singer and musician * Bruno Simões (1971–2012), Portuguese actor [:pt] * Francisco Simões (1946), Portuguese sculptor and artist [:pt] * Jefferson Cardia Simões (1958), Brazilian pioneer glaciologist [:pt] * Francisco Simões Margiochi, better known as Francisco Margiochi (1774–1838), Portuguese mathematician, professor, and politician [:pt] * Francisco Simões Margiochi, better known as Simões Margiochi (1848–1904), Portuguese agronomist, author, and politician [:pt] * Yuri Simões, Brazilian mixed martial artist Footballers * José Simões (born 1913; deceased), Portuguese footballer * António Simões (born 1943), Portuguese footballer and coach * Carlos Simões (born 1951), Portuguese footballer * René Simões (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
