Barros
[bahr-roo sh]
- João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/, the Portuguese Livy, 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.
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Contemporary Examples
Gómez and Barros have been charged with forced slavery, inflicting bodily harm on a child and false imprisonment.
Argentinian Teen Was Starved and Held Captive With a Canine For 9 YearsBarbie Latza Nadeau
April 17, 2014
She knew that Gómez and Barros were supposed to have her sister, but they had told her she ran away years before.
Argentinian Teen Was Starved and Held Captive With a Canine For 9 YearsBarbie Latza Nadeau
April 17, 2014
Historical Examples
A dead Dutchman would have the weight of a fairy alongside Barros.
The Frozen PirateW. Clark Russell
The name of one of these is supplied by Castanheda and Barros.
Barros says that the instrument consisted of three taboas or plates.
The succeeding decades, from the 5th to the 13th, are not written by Barros.
His first Decade overlaps Barros, and his history goes from 1526 to 1600.
Rulers of India: AlbuquerqueHenry Morse Stephens
Barros
- João de (ʒu[~ə]u ˈdəː). 1496–1570, Portuguese historian: noted for his history of the Portuguese in the East Indies, Décadas da Ásia (1552–1615)
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