Câmara (meaning "

chamber Chamber or the chamber may refer to: In government and organizations *Chamber of commerce, an organization of business owners to promote commercial interests *Legislative chamber, in politics *Debate chamber, the space or room that houses deliber ...

") is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It may also refer to:

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António de Vasconcelos e Sousa Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

, 8th Count of Calheta, 4th Marquis of Castelo Melhor and Constable of Portugal *

D. João da Câmara D. or d. may refer to, usually as an abbreviation: * Don (honorific), a form of address in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and their former overseas empires, usually given to nobles or other individuals of high social rank. * Date of death, as an abbreviati ...

, Portuguese writer *

Eugênia Câmara Eugênia Infante da Câmara (1837–1874) was a Portuguese actress, poet, author and director of plays, active in both Portugal and Brazil. As well as for her own artistic achievements, she is remembered for her affair with, and influence upon, th ...

, Portuguese actress * Gilberto Câmara, Brazilian computer scientist * Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop *

Hélder Câmara (chess player) Hélder Câmara (7 February 1937 – 20 February 2016) was a Brazilian chess International Master (IM) (1972), two times Brazilian Chess Championship winner (1963, 1968). Biography From the mid-1960s to mid-1980s, Hélder Câmara was one of Br ...

, Brazilian chess master *

Joana Tomásia da Câmara Joana Tomásia da Câmara (1730 - 1782), descendant of the House of Cámara , House of Camara, was the second daughter of José da Câmara Teles, José da Câmara, heir to the title of the Captaincy of São Miguel and the Count of Ribeira Grande, ...

, 14th and last donatary captain of the island of São Miguel, Portugal *

João Câmara João Câmara Filho, born in João Pessoa, Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil), in 1944, is a Brazilian painter. He lives and works in Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco. The artist thinks of himself principally as painter but has also ex ...

, Brazilian painter *

Ronald Câmara Ronald Câmara (11 April 1927 – 29 June 2015) was a Brazilian chess player, two times Brazilian Chess Championship winner (1960, 1961), FIDE International Arbitr, chess writer and administrator. Biography In the 1960s Ronald Câmara was one o ...

, Brazilian chess master * Sérgio Sette Câmara. Brazilian racing driver *

José da Câmara Teles José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, 13th donatary captain of the island of São Miguel, Portugal *

Luís Manuel da Câmara Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

, 12th donatary captain of the island of São Miguel, Portugal

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* Câmara de Lobos, city and municipality in Madeira, Portugal * Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, a parish in Madeira, Portugal

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Câmara Defense The Gunderam Defense, also known as the Brazilian Defense or the Câmara Defense if followed by moves ...g6, ...Bg7 and ...Nf6, creating the typical King's Indian formation, is a rarely played chess opening starting with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. ...

, also ''

Gunderam Defense The Gunderam Defense, also known as the Brazilian Defense or the Câmara Defense if followed by moves ...g6, ...Bg7 and ...Nf6, creating the typical King's Indian formation, is a rarely played chess opening starting with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. ...

'' or ''Brazilian Defense'' is a rarely played chess opening *

TV Câmara TV Câmara ( pt, Chamber TV) is a Brazilian public television network responsible for broadcasting activities from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. Created in 1998, it broadcasts 24 hours a day from the Chamber. Censorship On March 2009, Cham ...

, Brazilian television channel responsible for broadcasting activity from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies * ''Câmara'' may also mean

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

in a number of different countries * ''Câmara'' may also mean a Câmara Municipal, the executive body of a municipality in Portugal, and legislative body of Brazilian municipalities

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