Camões

proper noun

Luís de Camões, a 16th-century Portuguese poet.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Camoes · alternative Camoens · alternative Camoëns

  1. Luís de Camões, a 16th-century Portuguese poet.

Origin

  1. PortugueseCamões
  2. EnglishCamões

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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Translations

French Camões, Camoëns
  • Camõespoet
  • Camoënspoet
Cite this entry
APA

Camões. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cam%C3%B5es

MLA

“Camões.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cam%C3%B5es. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Camões,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cam%C3%B5es.

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