lusophone countries
1Lusophone music — refers to the music sung in Portuguese or in its many dialects and creoles.Portugal and its former colonies are linked musicallyFact|date=April 2008 by the shared influence of fado, a bluesy form of music derived from itinerants in Lisbon. In… …
2Lusophone — A Lusophone (or lusophone) is someone who speaks the Portuguese language natively or by adoption. As an adjective, it means Portuguese speaking . The word itself is derived from the name of the ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which covered… …
3lusophone — UK [ˈluːsəˌfəʊn] US [ˈlusəˌfoʊn] adjective formal speaking Portuguese as the main language Thesaurus: relating to countries or regions of the worldhyponym …
4Community of Portuguese Language Countries — Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa Community of Portuguese Language Countries …
5Portuguese-speaking African countries — Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP) Official languages Portuguese Established 1996 Member states 5+1 …
6Romance-speaking African countries — Latin Africa, historically those countries in North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt, which were part of the Roman Empire. Some exclude Egypt, as there the dominant language of administration and business was Greek rather than Latin. The region… …
7Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries — The flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (or flag of the CPLP ) represents the intergovernmental organization for friendship among Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) nations where Portuguese is an official language. The Portuguese… …
8Portuguese language — Portuguese português Pronunciation [purtuˈɣeʃ] (EP) [poʁtuˈges][1] (BP) [poɾtu …
9Foreign relations of Macau — As a special administrative region (SAR) of the People s Republic of China (PRC), Macau s diplomatic relations and defense are the responsibility of the Central People s Government of the PRC. Except diplomatic relations and defence, nonetheless …
10western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
