Etymology

feitoria

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Today it means: A Portuguese trading post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas along the West and East African coasts, Indian Ocean and Brazil, from 1445 onward. Full definition →

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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromfeitoria
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromfeitoria
  3. English todayfeitoria

Borrowed from Portuguese feitoria.

Words from the same roots

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