povoação

See also: Povoação

Portuguese

Etymology

From povoar +‎ -ção, possibly corresponding to Late Latin populātiōnem, from Latin populus, and thus perhaps a doublet of população. Compare Galician poboación.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vo.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /po.vu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vʊ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /po.vwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vwaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vo.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.vwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.bwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pu.βwɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Hyphenation: po‧vo‧a‧ção

Noun

povoação f (plural povoações)

settlement (settled location)
settlement (the process through which a place becomes populated or settled)

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