Etymology

Camões

Today it means: Luís de Camões, a 16th-century Portuguese poet. Full definition →

Portuguese Camões
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  1. Portuguese · derived fromCamões
  2. English todayCamões

From Portuguese Camões, from a Galician habitational surname originating in Camos (spelled Camões and Camones in Medieval Galician), a parish in southern Galicia.

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