Camoëns
[kam-oh-ens]
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noun
Lu·is Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/, 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
Also Ca·mões [kuh-moinsh] /kəˈmɔ̃ɪ̃ʃ/.
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Examples from the Web for camoens
Historical Examples of camoens
A school of poets had arisen of which Camoens was to be the crown.
You are right; but how can you like Camoens so much if you do not know Portuguese?
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
It proved to be Camoens, and he told me he was translating the Portuguese poet.
The Life of Sir Richard BurtonThomas Wright
Later, Burton sent Payne other Camoens sonnets to look over.
The Life of Sir Richard BurtonThomas Wright
Camoens, the Portuguese, the author of the Lusiad, died in 1597.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
Camoëns
Cames (Portuguese kaˈmõiʃ)
noun
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