Almada

/ ɑlˈmɑːdə /

noun

a town in S central Portugal, on the S bank of the Tagus estuary opposite Lisbon: statue of Christ 110 m (360 ft) high, erected 1959. Pop: 160 826 (2001)

Alonso Mendez de Almada, notary-public and clerk of registers.

Where, cried he to Almada, can you possibly obtain a sufficient body of troops to enable you to undertake so vast an enterprise?

Almada, who fought till he could not stand from loss of blood, died with his friend.

Alonso Mendez de Almada, royal notary of mines and registers.

Sousa de Maceda mentions Almada as the preserver of the archbishop.

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