feitoria
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese feitoria.
Noun[edit]
feitoria (plural feitorias)
- (historical) A Portuguese trading post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas along the West and East African coasts, Indian Ocean and Brazil, from 1445 onward.
Further reading[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From feitor + -ia,[1][2][3][4] the stem from Latin factor, cognate with English factor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: fei‧to‧ri‧a
Noun[edit]
feitoria f (plural feitorias)
References[edit]
- ^ “feitoria” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “feitoria” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “feitoria” in iDicionário Aulete.
- ^ “feitoria” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
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