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.

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/

  • Hyphenation: po‧vo‧a‧ção

Noun

povoação f (plural povoações)

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

See also
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