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Magalhães Teixeira (cropped)
Magalhães (pronounced or ) is a Portuguese surname, sometimes rendered in English as '' Magellan''. Notable people with the surname include: General * Álvaro Magalhães (writer), Portuguese writer * Ana Maria Magalhães, Brazilian film actress and director *Antônio Carlos Magalhães, Brazilian politician *Armindo Freitas-Magalhães, Portuguese psychologist * Carlos Leôncio de Magalhães, Brazilian farmer and businessman *Fernando Magalhães, Brazilian obstetrician *Fernão de Magalhães (''Ferdinand Magellan'') (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition around the world * Filipe de Magalhães, Portuguese composer *Gabriel de Magalhães (1610–1677), Portuguese Jesuit missionary in China *Gonçalves de Magalhães, Brazilian poet, playwright, medician and diplomat *Joaquim Magalhães Mota, Portuguese lawyer and politician * José de Magalhães Pinto, Brazilian politician and banker *José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira, Brazilian politician *Mallu Magalhãe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
