lingua geral
[ zhuh-rahl ]
noun(often initial capital letters)
a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.
Origin of lingua geral
11855–60; <Portuguese: general language
Words Nearby lingua geral
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How to use lingua geral in a sentence
Don José, turning to the natives, addressed them in the lingua geral, which they all probably understood.
On the Banks of the Amazon | W.H.G. Kingston
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