feitoria
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese feitoria.
Noun
feitoria (plural feitorias)
- (historical) 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.
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From feitor + -ia,[1][2][3][4] the stem from Latin factor, cognate with English factor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fei‧to‧ri‧a
Noun
feitoria f (plural feitorias)
References
- ^ “feitoria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “feitoria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ “feitoria”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- ^ “feitoria”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024