capitania

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See also: capitanía, and capitânia

English

Etymology

From Portuguese capitania.

Noun

capitania (plural capitanias)

  1. (historical) Synonym of captaincy (former division of Spanish and Portuguese empires)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧ta‧ni‧a

Noun

capitania f (plural capitanias)

  1. captaincy