Word origins

• Federative Republic of BrazilOfficial name of Brazil: a country in South America.
• feijoadaA stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.
• feitoriaA Portuguese trading post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas along the West and East African coasts, Indian Ocean and Brazil, from 1445 onward.
• FermeuseA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Fernando de NoronhaAn archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of, and belonging to, Brazil.
• Fifth EmpireA proposed global Portuguese empire with spiritual and temporal power, based on an interpretation of Daniel 2 and the Book of Revelation, and whose origins lay with António Vieira.
• fios de ovosA traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup.
• Fogo IslandA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• folarA traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter.
• ForquilhaA river in Paraná, Brazil.
• frescobolA racket sport originating in Brazil
• gallivatA small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
• GalvaoA surname from Portuguese.
• ganzáA Brazilian cylindrical rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music.
• garrafeiraa type of port wine which ages in demijohns in addition to wooden barrels.
• garrupaOne of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastes; a rockfish.
• gogletA jar or vase of porous pottery for keeping water cool by evaporation.
• goiabadaA conserve made of red guavas and sugar, found in Portuguese-speaking countries.
• GoiásA state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Goiânia.
• Gold CoastA city and local government area in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
• Grain CoastSynonym of Pepper Coast (“the Liberian coast of West Africa”).
• graoA traditional short Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm.
• grumichamaThe Brazilian tree Eugenia brasiliensis
• Holy Ghost soupA type of beef soup from the Azores, traditionally eaten on the Pentecost.
• igapóA blackwater-flooded Amazonian forest.
• imbuiaOcotea porosa, a tree of southern Brazil, a source of high-end timber.
• imbuzeiroA hog plum (Spondias mombin), native to the tropical Americas.
• ipê treeTabebuia or Handroanthus
• IpixunaA river in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil; a tributary of the Purus River
• ItaboraianOf, pertaining to or occurring within the Itaboraian age.
• ItaitubaA city and municipality of Pará, Brazil
• ItajaíA municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• Ivory CoastA country in West Africa. Official names: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and Côte d'Ivoire.
• jaborandiAny of several species of the genus Pilocarpus of plants, some of which are important medicinally.
• jaguarundiA medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Herpailurus yagouaroundi.
• jagunçoA hired gunman in backland Brazil; a militiaman or bodyguard; a bandit or outlaw.
• jandayaAratinga jandaya, a small neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to wooded habitats in northeastern Brazil.
• jangadaA traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
• jangadeiroOne who sails a jangada (type of raft).
• jaraguaAn African grass, Hyparrhenia rufa, used as livestock feed.
• jararacaA venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.
• jerepigoA sweet fortified wine.
• jeropigaA liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine, found mainly in Portugal.
• jiboyaThe boa constrictor.
• JoséA male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose.
• juazeiroA small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil.
• juremaThe Brazilian entheogen Mimosa tenuiflora
• jurubaçaAn interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
• jurumeiroA Brazilian folk-medicine specialist in the preparation of jurema
• kabufudaSmall, rigid Japanese playing cards, a single deck consisting of 40 cards with values ranging from 1 to 10, used for playing hand-comparing betting games such as oicho-kabu.
• KiririA member of an indigenous people of eastern Brazil.
• kuduroAn energetic, danceable style of music originating in Angola, combining local styles like semba with influences from Caribbean music, especially zouk and soca.
• Lagoa das Sete CidadesSynonym of Sete Cidades.
• lavadorA machine used in mining placer deposits, which washes paydirt slurries pumped into the top of machine, extracting pebbled ores though its sluice runs into its riffles, grates and miner's moss, a type of washplant.
• LiborioA surname from Portuguese.
• Lingoa GeralOld Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).
• linguicaA Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.
• linguisterA native interpreter assisting Europeans in colonial contexts.
• lorchaA kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
• Los IslandsAn island group lying off Conakry in Guinea, on the west coast of Africa.
• LulismThe philosophy and politics of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
• LusophonyPortuguese language usage.
• macacoA macaque, or similar monkey.
• macambiraA thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.
• macutaA former currency unit of Angola, worth five centavos.
• mãe-de-santoA priestess of an Afro-Brazilian religion.
• MafraA town and municipality of the district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for the Palace of Mafra.
• malaguetaSynonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of the West African Aframomum melegueta; the plant itself.
• malamboAn old Argentine dance.
• manacaA plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.
• ManuelineDescribing a Portuguese form of Gothic style
• maquiaA traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
• MaracanaçoThe final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, remembered in Brazil as a painful defeat.
• MaranhãoA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Luís.
• margosaThe neem. (a tree)
• marrabentaA genre of popular Mozambican dance music.
• MascoteA surname from Portuguese.
• Mato GrossoA state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Cuiabá.
• MatosinhosA city and municipality of Porto district, Portugal.
• matrinxãA freshwater fish from South American rivers (Brycon amazonicus)
• medronhoA Portuguese brandy made from the berries of the strawberry tree.
• micropatriologyThe study of micronations and micronationalism.
• milhaA traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.
• milreisA former currency of Portugal (until 1911).
• Minas GeraisA state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte.
• MindericoA lect (originally a secret language used by merchants), also known as Piação do Ninhou (“the language of Minde”), spoken by people in Minde in Portugal.
• misangaA friendship bracelet
• modinhaA kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil.
• moidoreAn old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.
• moioA traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 0.78–1.15 m³ at different places and times.
• MondegoA river in Portugal, the longest entirely in the country.
• MormugaoA port city in South Goa district, Goa, India.
• MoroccusMorocco.
• mort de chienCholera.
• MossoróA municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• motucaA large biting fly of Brazil.
• murumuruA rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers.
• mussuranaAny of several snakes, mostly in the genus Clelia.
• NheengatuA Tupian trade language spoken in Brazil.
• NizamalucoUl-Mulk Shah of Ahmadnagar, a nizam involved in the 16th-century War of the League of the Indies.