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Almeida

American  
[ahl-mey-duh] / ɑlˈmeɪ də /

noun

  1. Francisco de 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.


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His mother Etienne Almeida, meanwhile, works in education and has always demanded responsibility on and off the pitch.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Paris-Nice will run from March 8-15, with Spaniard Juan Ayuso and Portugal's Joao Almeida expected to provide stiff competition for Vingegaard.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

To create the catalogue, Almeida used a technique called 'metagenomics', which involves analyzing all microbial DNA in a gut sample at once and then separating it into individual species.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

Rupert Goold, artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, described Sir Tom as the "most supportive, most generous man" whose "magic was present in everything he wrote".

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The waiting began in 1934, the spring before she married Jorge del Pino, when she was still Celia Almeida.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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