Word origins

• Northeast RegionA macroregion of Brazil, composed of the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.
• North RegionA region of Singapore.
• Nova IorqueA municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
• OecusseAn exclave, municipality (formerly a district) and the only Special Administrative Region (SAR) of East Timor.
• oitavaA traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
• onçaA traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.
• Ouro PretoA municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• ovidoreA kind of official in Portuguese India.
• padrãostone pillar, usually with a cross, inscribed with the coat of arms of Portugal, placed as a land claim along the coasts of Africa and Asia by numerous Portuguese explorers
• PajubáA Brazilian cryptolect spoken by adherents of African-Brazilian religions and by the Brazilian LGBT community.
• PalharesA surname from Portuguese.
• pandeiroA type of hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame and six pairs of metal discs fit along the sides, and an animal skin or nylon head; similar to a tambourine but with head tension that can be tuned and crisper, drier, and less sustained jingles, used in a number of Brazilian music forms.
• ParáA state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Belém.
• ParaíbaA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.
• ParnamirimA municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• pastel de nataPortuguese custard tart
• patamarA sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
• patraoboss, master (in a Portuguese environment)
• pau-brasilbrazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.
• pau d'arcoTabebuia, the ipê tree.
• PaulistanoSomeone from São Paulo, Brazil.
• pecuaryThe raising of livestock, as practiced in Brazil.
• Pedra Branca skinkCarinascincus palfreymani, a species of skink.
• PelagioA surname.
• Pepper CoastA region of West Africa between Capes Mesurado and Palmas, now the coast of Liberia.
• PescariaThe coast of Tinnevelly.
• petismothe philosophy and politics of the Workers’ Party
• piassavaA fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes.
• picotaA machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.
• PinelaA surname from Portuguese.
• pitangueiraA Suriname cherry tree, Eugenia uniflora, native to the east coast of South America.
• pitombaTalisia esculenta, a South American tree.
• pluricontinentalismA geopolitical concept according to which Portugal was a unified nation-state spanning multiple continents.
• Poço das AntasA municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• polegadaA traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.
• Ponta Delgadaa city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal
• pornochanchadaA kind of comedic sexploitation film popular in Brazil during the 1970s and 1980s.
• Porto GrandeA municipality of Amapá, Brazil.
• Porto InglêsFormer name of Cidade do Maio, though it is colloquially still uses
• Porto PequenoSaptagram.
• Portuguese Guianathe former name of the Brazilian state of Amapá during the colonial period
• Portuguese RepublicOfficial name of Portugal: a country in Southern Europe.
• port wineA type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal.
• presuntoA dry-cured Portuguese ham.
• PríncipeAn island which forms part of São Tomé and Príncipe
• pupunhaSynonym of peach palm.
• quartilhoA traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, varying in size between 350 and 530 mL.
• quarubaAny tree of the genus Vochysia, of the tropical Americas.
• QuelimaneA city in Mozambique.
• quilateSynonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
• quilomboA fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
• QuimbandaAn Afro-Brazilian religion.
• quintalejoA traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 29.4 kg.
• QuiterioA surname from Portuguese.
• RabeloA surname from Portuguese.
• reco-recoA scraped percussion instrument used in Brazilian music, traditionally having a sawtooth-notched cylindrical body made of bamboo or wood, and played with a wooden stick.
• Republic of Guinea-BissauOfficial name of Guinea-Bissau: a country in West Africa.
• retornadoethnic Portuguese living in Africa who moved to Portugal during the decolonization process
• Ribeira GrandeA city and municipality of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
• Rio Grande do NorteA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Natal.
• Rio Grande do SulA state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre.
• rodizioA Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant, most especially a churrascaria steakhouse restaurant which primarily serves grilled meats.
• sagueirPalm wine made from the sap of the sugar palm, Arenga pinnata.
• sagwireSynonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).
• SalceteA subdivision of South Goa district, Goa, India.
• sambadromeIn Brazil, a building or place where samba schools parade during the period of Carnival.
• samba schoolA cultural organization in Brazil devoted to practicing and showcasing samba, as well as organizing and performing elaborate parades during carnival.
• sambistaA samba musician.
• sanguicelA kind of boat, or small vessel, used in war.
• Santa CatarinaA state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis.
• Santa CruzThe native people from the Santa Cruz area of California.
• Santa FéA municipality of Paraná, Brazil
• Santa MariaA city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
• SantarémA district in central Portugal.
• Santo DaimeA syncretic religion founded in Brazil in the 1930s.
• São FranciscoA river in Minas Gerais and Northeast Region, Brazil.
• São Gabriel da CachoeiraA municipality of Amazonas, Brazil
• São LourençoA parish of Macau.
• São LuísA municipality, the state capital of Maranhão, Brazil.
• São PauloA municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil.
• São ToméThe capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe.
• São Tomé and PríncipeA country and archipelago of Central Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. Official name: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Capital: São Tomé.
• SãotomenseOf or relating to São Tomé.
• sapucaiaA Brazilian tree, the monkey pot (any of several species in the genus Lecythis).
• SarmentoA surname from Portuguese.
• Savage IslandsAn archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean, a part of Portugal. The main island of the archipelago is Selvagem Grande.
• SebastianismThe folkloric belief that King Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578) will return from the dead to lead the Portuguese or Brazilian people as a messiah.
• Seleçãothe Brazil national football team
• SemedoA surname from Portuguese.
• senhoritaA young woman in or from a Lusophone community.
• senzalaA slave camp in colonial Brazil.
• seriemaEither of two species of bird in the family Cariamidae within the order Cariamiformes, endemic to South America.
• seringalA rubber-producing estate in the Amazon region.
• serradillaA common flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to grasslands in temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
• Serra do MarA system of mountain ranges and escarpments in southeastern Brazil.
• serraduraA Portuguese dessert with layers of whipped cream and crumbled Marie biscuits.
• sertanejoIn Brazil, someone from the countryside; a backlander.
• sertanistaA specialist in the undeveloped interior of Brazil and other parts of Portuguese America
• sertãoThe semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil.
• Sete CidadesA twin-lake situated in the crater of a massive volcano on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.