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English
Adjective
Mirandese (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language.
Noun
Mirandese (plural Mirandese)
- A native or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro in northeastern corner of Portugal.
1895, Edmondo De Amicis (translated by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall), Spain and the Spaniards, volume 1, page 95:Toward evening a Mirandese came in: he was a man of about fifty, a politician, bright and talkative, and so I left the carabineros to join him.
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native or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro
Proper noun
Mirandese
- An endangered Romance language spoken in the northeastern corner of Portugal, principally in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro and Vimioso.
1974, R. Joe Campbell, Mark G. Goldin, Mary Clayton Wang, editors, Linguistic studies in Romance languages: Proceedings, page 41:My example is taken from the Portuguese dialect of Mirandese, more specifically Mirandese as spoken in the area of Sendim […]
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