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PIIGS

PIIGS is the acronym of Portugal.

Meaning of Portugal

Proper noun

Portugal

  1. A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
    • A distinction is usually made between Old Portuguese (português antigo, português arcaico), referring to the period from the earliest texts to 1540, Classical Portuguese (1540-1850), and Modern Portuguese (1850 to the present). There is sometimes a further subdivision of the Old Portuguese period...2000, Glanville Price, Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe, reprint, illustrated edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 367
    Synonyms:
    Lusitania

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Forms of PIIGS

alternative formGIIPS

Questions about PIIGS

What is PIIGS the acronym of?
PIIGS is the acronym of Portugal.

Words near PIIGS in the dictionary

  1. pihoihoi
  2. PIHs
  3. PII
  4. PIIgG
  5. PIIGGS
  6. PIIGS
  7. PIIIGS
  8. Piikani
  9. piing
  10. piipite
  11. Piirissaar

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