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Portuguese
Etymology
From povoar + -ção, possibly corresponding to Late Latin populātiōnem, from Latin populus, and thus perhaps a doublet of população.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /po.vu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /po.vwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /po.vu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /po.vwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
Noun
povoação f (plural povoações)
- settlement (settled location)
- settlement (the process through which a place becomes populated or settled)
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