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Mafra

Mafra proper noun: a town and municipality of the district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for the Palace of Mafra.

Proper noun

Mafra

  1. A town and municipality of the district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for the Palace of Mafra.
    • The discovery of gold in Brazil fired the religious fervour of John V (1706-50) to heights of gorgeous, archaic extravagance, immortalized in the monastery-palace of Mafra, which was built as a rival to the Escorial and Versailles by a huge army of draft labour over eighteen years.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 73
  2. A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Origin of Mafra

Borrowed from Portuguese Mafra.

Questions about Mafra

What does Mafra mean?
Mafra means a town and municipality of the district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for the Palace of Mafra.
What part of speech is Mafra?
Mafra is a proper noun.

Words near Mafra in the dictionary

  1. mafoo
  2. mafoos
  3. mafoprazine
  4. mafosfamide
  5. MAFP
  6. Mafra
  7. MAFs
  8. maft
  9. mafted
  10. mafting
  11. maftir

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