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Camoëns

[ kam-oh-ens ]
/ ˈkæm oʊˌɛns /

noun

Lu·is Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh], /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/, 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.

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Also Ca·mões [kuh-moinsh]. /kəˈmɔ̃ɪ̃ʃ/.

Words nearby Camoëns

camisole, camlet, Cammaerts, cammie, camo, Camoëns, camogie, camomile, camoodi, Camorra, Camorrista
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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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