Camoëns

[kam-oh-ens]

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.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880
Various
You are right; but how can you like Camoens so much if you do not know Portuguese?
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
It proved to be Camoens, and he told me he was translating the Portuguese poet.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton
Thomas Wright
Later, Burton sent Payne other Camoens sonnets to look over.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton
Thomas 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

British Dictionary definitions for camoens

Camoëns

Cames (Portuguese kaˈmõiʃ)

noun

Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572).

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