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Lingoa Geral

Lingoa Geral proper noun: old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).

Proper noun

Lingoa Geral

  1. Old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).
    • One useful result of his former experiences was that he could talk fluently in the Lingoa Geral, which is the peculiar talk, one-third Portuguese and two-thirds Indian, which is current all over Brazil.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Origin of Lingoa Geral

From Portuguese língua geral (“literally, general language”).

Questions about Lingoa Geral

What does Lingoa Geral mean?
Lingoa Geral means old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).
What part of speech is Lingoa Geral?
Lingoa Geral is a proper noun.

Words near Lingoa Geral in the dictionary

  1. lingles
  2. lingling-o
  3. lingling-os
  4. Lingmukha
  5. lingo
  6. Lingoa Geral
  7. lingoa wood
  8. lingoes
  9. lingonberries
  10. lingonberry
  11. lingos

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