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Filipe Mateus
Filipe is a common first name in Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a Portuguese and Galician spelling of the name Philip (aka Phillip) (the name is spelled Felipe in Spanish and in archaic Portuguese orthography). Famous Filipes Royalty There are several Spanish kings who were named Felipe. The three Felipes that also ruled over Portugal were known in Portugal as Filipe (with an "i"): * Filipe I of Portugal (II of Spain) * Filipe II of Portugal (III of Spain) *Filipe III of Portugal (IV of Spain) Sports *Filipe Luís (born 1985), Brazilian footballer *Filipe Andrade Félix (born 1985), Brazilian-Polish footballer *Filipe Gomes Ribeiro (born 1987), Brazilian footballer *Filipe Gonçalves dos Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer *Filipe Marques (born 1998), Portuguese paratriathlete Other *Filipe Nery Xavier Filipe Nery Xavier (17 March 1801 - 26 May 1875) was a Portuguese administrator, littérateur and historian. He was descended from a "very distinguished" Gaud Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known 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 Iberian Romance languages, 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 Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
