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    D. Luís de Miranda Pereira Henriques de Meneses, 2nd Viscount of Meneses CvTE ComNSC (4 April 1817 – 5 May 1878) was a notable Romantic artist from Portugal...
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    woman, Miranda designed clothes and hats in a boutique before making her debut as a singer, recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930...
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  • (1877–1877) Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor (1878–1878) António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio, Governor (1879–1881) João Paes de Vasconcellos, Governor...
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    Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa (December 13, 1839 – July 16, 1884) was a Brazilian poet, politician, orator and lawyer, adept of the "Condorist" movement...
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    football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is...
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    Peregrino Maciel Monteiro Manuel Antônio de Almeida Martins Pena Pardal Mallet Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre Raul Pompeia Sousa...
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    (PSD); Luís Filipe Menezes (PSD); José Narciso de Miranda (PS); Arlindo Moreira (PSD); Manuel Moreira (PSD); António da Silva Mota (CDU); José Luís Nunes...
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    country house, owned by Dona Maria José de Mendonça Barroso Pereira, widow of senator Bento Barroso Pereira, who protected his parents and allowed them...
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    typhoid fever. D. Pedro V was succeeded by his brother D. Luís, as D. Pedro V had no children. D. Luís I was succeeded in 1889 by his son D. Carlos I. Carlos...
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    Azevedo was born in São Luís, to David Gonçalves de Azevedo (the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil) and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the younger...
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  • António Pereira Lopes de Berredo, Governor (1599–1605) Nunho de Mendonça, Governor (1605–1610) Afonso de Noronha, Governor (1610–1614) Luís de Meneses, Governor...
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    de Alencar was born in Messejana, Fortaleza, Ceará, on May 1, 1829, to politician José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar and his cousin Ana Josefina de Alencar...
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    in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and it influenced several other directors, spurring the Cinema Novo movement. In 1963, Pereira dos Santos was a member...
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    appointed governor general of Cape Verde, succeeding Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses. He was succeeded by Carlos Joaquim Franco on 23 March 1861. He...
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  • Félix, football player João Moutinho, football player Luís Figo (born 1972), football player Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes, football player Maniche (born...
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  • 1970) Leilah Assumpção (born 1943) Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898) Luiz Duarte (born 1956) Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879) Maria...
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    Paulo Coelho (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ˈkwɛl.juː, kuˈɛl.juː, -joʊ/ KWEL-yoo, koo-EL-yoo, -⁠yoh, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu koˈeʎu]; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist...
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    Maurício Araújo de Sousa (Portuguese: [mawˈɾisju dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200...
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    Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all Portuguese...
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    novel The Penitent by Portuguese writer Teixeira de Pascoaes and starred Luís Miguel Cintra as Luís de Camões, Ricardo Trêpa as Don Quixote, Mário Barroso...
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    Cazuza (category AIDS-related deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state))
    Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈzuzɐ]; April 4, 1958 – July 7, 1990), was a Brazilian singer and songwriter...
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    Lisbon. D. João was the son of Tomé de Sousa, 8th Lord of Gouveia with Francisca de Meneses, and nephew of Dom Diogo de Sousa, Archbishop of Évora. He graduated...
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  • Captain (1570–?) Fogo Captains João de Meneses Vasconcellos, conde de Penela, Captain (1528–1529) Afonso de Meneses, conde de Penela, Captain (1528–?) Sal,...
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    modernized as 'de Meneses') was the 2nd Count of Viana do Alentejo, 1st Count of Vila Real and the first Portuguese governor of Ceuta. Pedro de Menezes was...
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    § Relics in Sri Lanka Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira Abeysinghe, T. Jaffna Under the Portuguese, p.3 Kunarasa, K The Jaffna...
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    Tobias Barreto de Meneses (June 7, 1839 – June 26, 1889) was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and literary critic. He is famous for creating the "Condorism"...
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    Francisco Teles de Meneses, Governor 1611–1613 Luís Dias de Abreu, Governor 1613–1614 Feliciano Carvalho, Governor 1614–1616 Luís Dias de Abreu, Governor...
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    DONA JOANA FORJAZ PEREIRA DE MENESES E SILVA 1656 (This chapel was ordered built by the Countess Dona Joana Forjaz Pereira de Meneses e Silva 1656). Also...
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    Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira (5 November 1849 – 1 March 1923), also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian politician, writer, jurist, and diplomat. He was a...
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    The governor of Macau (Portuguese: Governador de Macau; Chinese: 澳門總督) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called...
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