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Vaz (surname)
Vaz is a Portuguese language surname. It may refer to: * Ann-Marie Vaz (born 1966), Jamaican politician * Armindo Vaz d'Almeida, former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe * Camillo Vaz (born 1975), French football manager * Carlos Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan philosopher * Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha, Brazilian diarist * Claudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, Brazilian footballer * Damião Vaz d'Almeida, former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe * Daryl Vaz, Jamaican politician * Douglas Vaz (died 2019), Jamaican politician * Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Canadian writer and TV personality * Herkley Vaz, Jamaican footballer * João Vaz Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer * João Vaz, Portuguese painter * José Mário Vaz, former President of Guinea-Bissau * Joseph Vaz, 17th century Sri Lankan missionary * Keith Vaz, British politician and former Labour MP * Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portuguese poet * Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, Portuguese military commander * María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, U ... [...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] |
President Of Guinea-Bissau
This article lists the presidents of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of president in 1973. List of officeholders ;Political parties ;Other factions ;Symbols Notes Timeline Latest election See also * Politics of Guinea-Bissau * List of captains-major of Bissau * List of captains-major of Cacheu * List of governors of Portuguese Guinea * List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau * Vice President of Guinea-Bissau References External links World Statesmen – Guinea-Bissau {{DEFAULTSORT:Presidents of Guinea-Bissau Government of Guinea-Bissau * Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ... Guinea-Bissau politics-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Africans
Portuguese Africans ( pt, luso-africanos) are Portuguese people born or permanently settled in Africa (they should not be confused with Portuguese of Black African ancestry). The largest Portuguese African population lives in Portugal numbering over 1 million with large and important minorities living in South Africa, Namibia and the Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea).The descendants of the Portuguese settlers who were born and "raised" locally since Portuguese colonial time were called ''crioulos''. Much of the original population is unnumbered having been assimilated into Portugal, Brazil, and other countries. Guinea-Bissau became an independent country in 1974, followed by the rest of the colonies in 1975. Most Portuguese residents, for this reason, returned to Portugal, where they were called ''retornados''. Some from Angola or Mozambique went to South Africa, Malawi, Namibia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lançados
The ''lançados'' (literally, ''the thrown out ones'' Pardue 2015: p. 42 or ''the cast out ones'') were settlers and adventurers of Portuguese origin in Senegambia, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and other areas on the coast of West Africa. Many were Jews—often New Christians—escaping persecution from the Portuguese Inquisition. ''Lançados'' often took African wives from local ruling families, securing protection and advantageous trading ties. They established clandestine trading networks in weaponry, spices, and slaves. This black market angered the Portuguese Crown by disrupting its ability to collect taxes. Although never large in numbers, mixed-race children born to the ''lançados'' and their African wives and concubines served as crucial intermediaries between Europeans and native Africans. These mixed-race people wielded significant power in the early development of port economies in Bissau, Cacheu, and surrounding areas. The ''lançados'' originated the Portuguese-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeferino Vaz
Zeferino Vaz (May 27, 1908 – February 19, 1981) led the construction, establishment and development of the Unicamp university, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s. The main campus is named after Zeferino, who strived to bring together some of Brazil's best scientists to form a recognised research institution. Zeferino was born and lived his childhood in São Paulo. He attended the Medicine school of the University of São Paulo and got his M.D. degree in 1932, with specializations in Parasitology, Parasitic Diseases, Biology, Genetics and Zoology. Shortly after his graduation, Zeferino became professor of Zoology and Parasitology in the Veterinary Medicine School of the University of São Paulo. He was the director of the Veterinary Medicine School from 1936 to 1947. From 1951 to 1964 he was the director-founder of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, and during this period, in 1963, he was state secretary of public health. From 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Vaz
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz (born 7 December 1954) is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall South since 2010. She served as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2016 to 2021 in the Shadow Cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. Background Vaz was born in Aden (now part of Yemen) to Anthony Xavier and Merlyn Verona Vaz. Her family originates from Goa, India, and settled in Twickenham and then East Sheen, London. Vaz is a distant relative of Saint Joseph Vaz, a 17th-century missionary. Her father, previously a correspondent for ''The Times of India'', worked in the airline industry, while her mother worked two jobs, as a teacher and for Marks & Spencer. Her father died by suicide when she was 16. Vaz was educated at Twickenham County Grammar School and later Bedford College. She attended the University of London, where she completed a BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry in 1978. The same year, she matr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdomiro Vaz Franco
Valdomiro Vaz Franco, better known as Valdomiro (born 17 February 1946), is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. He played 17 matches For the Brazilian team between 1973 and 1977, and scored 5 goals. Valdomiro also participated at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, playing in 6 games and scoring one goal. He scored for Internacional in their 1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A final victory over Corinthians, and Valdomiro put in a man of the match performance. He played for the following clubs: * Comerciário: 1965–1967 * Perdigão: 1968 * Internacional: 1968–1979 * Millionarios: 1980–1981 * Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...: 1982 References 1946 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazil international footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristão Vaz Teixeira
Tristão Vaz Teixeira (c. 1395–1480) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who, together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, was the official discoverer and one of the first settlers of the archipelago of Madeira (1419–1420). Biography He was born Tristão Vaz, adding the name Teixeira after his marriage with Branca Teixeira. Tristão was a nobleman of Prince Henry the Navigator's House, taking part in the conquest of Ceuta. Around 1418, while exploring the coast of Africa, he and João Gonçalves Zarco were taken off course by bad weather, and came upon an island which they called Porto Santo (Holy Harbor). Shortly after, they were ordered by Prince Henry to settle the island, together with Bartolomeu Perestrelo. Following a rabbit outbreak that made it difficult to grow crops, they moved to the nearby island of Madeira. It proved to be hospitable and cultivable, so Prince Henry sent for more settlers to colonize the island. The governance of Madeira w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Vaz Tê
Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê (born 1 October 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward. Vaz Tê has previously played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Barnsley and West Ham United, Greek club Panionios, Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor, and Portuguese club Portimonense. Early life Vaz Tê was born in Lisbon, but moved a year later to live with his father in Guinea-Bissau, where he remained until he was 11 years old. He returned to Portugal and received professional coaching at SC Farense. Vaz Tê played youth football with his local club Real Massamá, a team which also included Manchester United winger Nani. Nani went to play for Sporting CP while Vaz Tê left for England to play for Bolton Wanderers. They also represented the Portugal Under-21s. Club career Bolton Wanderers Vaz Tê went on trial with Bolton Wanderers in 2003 and he was signed on a three-year youth academy contract. He made such an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pêro Vaz De Caminha
Pêro Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450 – 15 December 1500; , ; also spelled Pedro Vaz de Caminha) was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500 as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet (''Carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha'', dated 1 May, 1500). He died in a riot in Calicut, India, at the end of that year. Biography Pêro Vaz de Caminha was the son of Vasco Fernandes de Caminha, a knight of the household of the Duke of Guimarães (later Braganza). His ancestors were among the first settlers of Neiva during the reign of Ferdinand I (r.1367–83). On 8 March 1476, Pêro Vaz de Caminha was appointed ''mestre da balança'' (master of the scale) of the royal mint of Porto, one of the many positions held by his father at the time. The appointment letter, which characterized Pêro Vaz as a knight of the royal household, was written from Toro, suggesting that Pêro Vaz h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924) was an Uruguayan teacher and poet. She was the younger sister of philosopher Carlos Vaz Ferreira and a contemporary of Delmira Agustini and Julio Herrera y Reissig. She was born and lived in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering .... She held a Chair in Literature at the Women's University. She suffered from mental illness and lost her reason some years before her death in 1924. Her first volume of is entitled ''La isla de los canticos'' and consists of forty selected poems (and a single poem ''Unico poema'' added at her brother's insistence) which he published shortly after her death. A second volume, entitled ''La otra isla de los canticos'', with a prologue by Emilio Oribe and containing a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes
Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, 2nd Viscount of Montalegre, was a Portuguese soldier, who served on the absolutist side in Portugal's Liberal Wars. He was born in Vila Real, on August 10, 1770, and became a member of the Royal Household ("''moço-fidalgo''") by a decree of December 20, 1778. He succeeded his father-in-law as 2nd Viscount of Montalegre by a royal decree of July 3, 1823. As the military commander in Trás-os-Montes in 1823, he raised a rebellion in the name of the absolutist prince, Infante Dom Miguel of Portugal. During the civil war between Dom Miguel and his elder brother, the former Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil, he was a prominent Miguelite general: he was in joint command of the Miguelite army at the Battle of Ponte Ferreira, and was the Miguelite commander at the Battle of Asseiceira in which Miguel's cause was finally defeated. After the war ended, he was cashiered Cashiering (or degradation ceremony), generally within military forces, is a ritua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
