Camoëns

[ kam-oh-ens ]

/ ˈkæm oʊˌɛns /

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

Camoens, the Portuguese, the author of the Lusiad, died in 1597.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
That Camoens is a fitting object for a nation's veneration cannot for a moment be doubted.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
But the great labour of his retirement was the translation of the Lusiad, by Camoens published in 1655.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2|Various
Camoens, who was the epic poet of Portugal, was born in Lisbon in 1524.
Peeps Into China|E. C. Phillips

Is it the hero's fault if self and snowdrop-singing poetasters cannot see this feat with the eyes of Camoens?
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade

British Dictionary definitions for camoens

Camoëns

Cames (Portuguese kaˈmõiʃ)

/ (ˈkæməʊˌɛns) /

noun

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

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