feitoria

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounfeitoria (plural feitorias)

plural feitorias

  1. historicalA Portuguese trading post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas along the West and East African coasts, Indian Ocean and Brazil, from 1445 onward.

Origin

  1. Portuguesefeitoria
  2. Portuguesefeitoria
  3. Englishfeitoria

Borrowed from Portuguese feitoria.

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APA

feitoria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feitoria

MLA

“feitoria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feitoria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feitoria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feitoria.

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