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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin invāsiōnem (“attack, invasion”), from Latin invāsus (“entered, invaded”).
Pronunciation
Noun
invasão f (plural invasões)
- invasion
- (Brazil) (illegally) occupied land
2011 December 21, Karine Rodrigues, “Aumenta número de brasileiros em assentamentos irregulares”, in O Globo:Nas últimas duas décadas, a proporção de brasileiros vivendo nos chamados assentamentos irregulares, como favelas, invasões, baixadas e palafitas, praticamente dobrou, de acordo com os dados da publicação “Aglomerados Subnormais – Primeiros resultados”, do IBGE, relativos ao Censo 2010 divulgados nesta quarta-feira.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)