Portuguese India

American  

noun

1. a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Gôa.

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Portuguese India British  

noun

1. a former Portuguese overseas province on the W coast of India, consisting of Goa, Daman, and Diu: established between 1505 and 1510; annexed by India in 1961

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Example Sentences

Some of the surviving Castilians left Maluco by way of Portuguese India and returned to Castilla.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander

In 1524, however, he was appointed viceroy of Portuguese India, and a year later died in Cochin China.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

The book referred to in the text was his Decados, a history of Portuguese India, written in fulfilment of a royal commission.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

If the Dutch gain Filipinas, they will soon conquer Portuguese India, and even harass the Spanish colonies in America.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

It became the chief port of the eastern part of Portuguese India, and second only to Goa.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de