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topas

UK/ˈtəʊpas/

topas noun: a person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.

Noun

topas (plural topas or topasses)

  1. (East, India, historical) A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
    • The topas represented the earlier colonial presence of Portugal in the subcontinent.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 110

Forms of topas

pluraltopas
pluraltopasses
alternative formtopass
alternative formtopaz

Origin of topas

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

Questions about topas

What does topas mean?
Topas means a person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
What part of speech is topas?
Topas is a noun.
How do you pronounce topas?
Topas is pronounced /ˈtəʊpas/ (UK).
What is the plural of topas?
The plural of topas is topas.

Words near topas in the dictionary

  1. toparchies
  2. toparchs
  3. toparchy
  4. topark
  5. toparks
  6. topas
  7. topass
  8. topasses
  9. topato
  10. topatoes
  11. Topatopas

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