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  • 1 high-low graph

    French\ \ diagramme des sommets et des creux (étude des cycles)
    German\ \ Spannweitendarstellung
    Dutch\ \ grafiek van het verloop van de variatiebreedte
    Italian\ \ grafico dei massimi e minimi
    Spanish\ \ gráfico de máximos y mínimos
    Catalan\ \ gràfic de màxims i mínims
    Portuguese\ \ gráfico de máximos e mínimos; diagrama de máximos e mínimos
    Romanian\ \ -
    Danish\ \ høj-lav graf
    Norwegian\ \ høy-lav graf
    Swedish\ \ min-maxdiagram
    Greek\ \ -
    Finnish\ \ maksimi-minimikuvio
    Hungarian\ \ csökkenõ grafikon
    Turkish\ \ yüksek-düşük değer grafiği
    Estonian\ \ haardediagramm
    Lithuanian\ \ maksimaliųjų ir minimaliųjų reikšmių grafas; maksimaliųjų ir minimaliųjų reikšmių diagrama
    Slovenian\ \ -
    Polish\ \ wykres maksymalno-minimalny
    Ukrainian\ \ діаграма максимальних та мінімальних значень
    Serbian\ \ -
    Icelandic\ \ hátt-lágt línurit
    Euskara\ \ handia-txikia grafikoa
    Farsi\ \ -
    Persian-Farsi\ \ -
    Arabic\ \ رسم للنهايات الصغرى والكبرى
    Afrikaans\ \ hoog-laag-grafiek
    Chinese\ \ 高 低 （ 散 点 ） 图
    Korean\ \ 고-저 그래프

    Statistical terms > high-low graph

  • 2 alnémet nyelv

    low Dutch

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > alnémet nyelv

  • 3 alnémet nyelvjárás

    low Dutch

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > alnémet nyelvjárás

  • 4 plattnémet nyelv

    low Dutch

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > plattnémet nyelv

  • 5 нижненемецкий язык

    Low German имя существительное:

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > нижненемецкий язык

  • 6 нижньонімецька мова

    Low German, Low Dutch

    Українсько-англійський словник > нижньонімецька мова

  • 7 нижненемецкий язык

    Low German, Low Dutch

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > нижненемецкий язык

  • 8 язык

    I муж.
    1) tongue прям. и перен.

    воспаление языка — мед. glossitis

    обложенный язык — мед. coated/ furred tongue

    показать язык — (кому-л.) (врачу и т.п.) to show one's tongue (to a doctor, etc.); ( дразнить) to stick one's tongue out, to put out one's tongue (at smb.)

    3) clapper, tongue of a bell ( колокола)
    ••

    держать язык за зубами — to hold one's tongue, to keep one's mouth shut

    не сходит с языка, быть у кого-л. на языке — to be always on smb.'s lips

    попадать на язык кому-л. — to fall victim to smb.'s tongue

    тянуть/дергать кого-л. за язык — to make smb. say smth.; to make smb. talk

    у него бойкий язык, он боек на язык — to have a quick/ready tongue, to be quick-tongued

    у него длинный язык — he has a long/loose tongue разг.

    у него хорошо язык подвешен — he has a ready/glib tongue разг.

    у него, что на уме, то и на языке — he wears his heart on his sleeve, he cannot keep his thoughts to himself разг.

    язык до Киева доведет — you can get anywhere if you know how to use your tongue; a clever tongue will take you anywhere

    - высунув язык
    - злой язык
    - злые языки
    - лишиться языка
    - острый язык
    - придержать язык
    - прикусить язык
    - развязать язык
    - распустить язык
    - сорвалось с языка
    - точить язык
    - трепать языком
    - чесать язык
    - чесать языком
    - язык проглотишь     II муж.
    1) language, tongue ( речь)

    владеть каким-л. языком — to know a language

    владеть каким-л. языком в совершенстве — to have a perfect command of a language

    говорить русским языком — to say in plain Russian, in plain language

    афганский язык — Pushtoo, Pushtu, Afghan

    корнийский язык — истор. Cornish

    корнуоллский язык — истор. Cornish

    сингалезский язык — Cingalese, Sinhalese

    сингальский язык — Sinhalese, Cingalese

    венгерский язык — Hungarian, Magyar

    верхненемецкий язык — High German, High Dutch

    говорить языком — (кого-л./чего-л.) to use the language (of)

    греческий язык — Greek, Hellenic

    латинский язык — Latin, Roman редк.

    немецкий язык — Dutch истор., German

    нижненемецкий язык — Low German, Low Dutch

    общегерманский язык — лингв. Germanic

    персидский язык — Iranian, Persian

    разговорный язык — colloquial/familiar speech; spoken language

    родной язык — mother tongue; native language

    суконный язык — dull/vapid/insipid language

    язык программирования — computer language, machine language, programming language

    язык пушту — Pushtoo, Pushtu

    язык саами — Lapp, Lappish

    2) воен.; разг. ( пленный)
    prisoner for interrogation; identification prisoner; prisoner who will talk ()
    III муж.; устар.
    people, nation ( народ)

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > язык

  • 9 нижненемецкий язык

    General subject: Low Dutch, low German

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нижненемецкий язык

  • 10 нидерландский нижненемецкий

    Русско-английский словарь Wiktionary > нидерландский нижненемецкий

  • 11 escote

    m.
    neckline.
    un escote pronunciado a plunging neckline
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: escotar.
    * * *
    1 COSTURA low neckline
    ————————
    1 (parte) share
    \
    pagar a escote to share the cost of 2 (pareja) to go Dutch on
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de vestido] neck, neckline

    escote en pico, escote en V — V-neck

    2) [de mujer] cleavage
    * * *
    a) (Indum) neck, neckline; ( profundo) low-cut neck o neckline

    un collar adornaba su escote — a necklace adorned her neck/bosom

    pagar a escote — (Esp fam) to go Dutch

    * * *
    a) (Indum) neck, neckline; ( profundo) low-cut neck o neckline

    un collar adornaba su escote — a necklace adorned her neck/bosom

    pagar a escote — (Esp fam) to go Dutch

    * * *
    1 ( Indum) neck, neckline; (profundo) low-cut neck o neckline, decolletage ( frml)
    ¿qué tipo de escote quieres? what sort of neck(line) do you want?
    un vestido con un gran escote en la espalda a dress cut very low at the back o with a very low back
    llevaba un escote indecente she was wearing an indecently low-cut dress ( o gown etc)
    un vestido sin escote a high-necked dress
    2
    (parte del cuerpo): el vestido revelaba un escote bronceado the dress revealed her tanned neck/bosom
    un collar de perlas adornaba su escote pearls adorned her neck/bosom
    pagar a escote ( Esp fam); to go Dutch
    Compuestos:
    round neck; (en suéters) crew neck
    ● escote barco or bote
    bateau o scoop neck
    square neck
    ● escote en pico or en V
    V neck
    * * *

     

    Del verbo escotar: ( conjugate escotar)

    escoté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    escote es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    escotar    
    escote
    escote sustantivo masculino (Indum) neck, neckline;
    ( profundo) low-cut neck o neckline;


    ( en suéters) crew neck;

    pagar a escote (Esp fam) to go Dutch
    escote sustantivo masculino neckline
    ♦ Locuciones: pagar a escote, (dos personas) to go Dutch (treat)
    (varias personas) to chip in

    ' escote' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevido
    - cuello
    - desbocado
    - insinuante
    - sugestivo
    English:
    cleavage
    - Dutch
    - neckline
    - neck
    - V-neck
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [de prendas] neckline;
    un vestido con mucho/poco escote a dress with a very low-cut/a fairly high neckline;
    un escote generoso a plunging o revealing neckline
    escote cuadrado square neck;
    escote redondo round neck;
    escote en V V-neck
    2. [de persona] cleavage
    ♦ a escote loc adv
    Esp
    pagar a escote to go Dutch;
    lo compramos a escote we went halves on it
    * * *
    m
    1 neckline; de mujer cleavage
    2
    :
    3
    :
    pagar a escote share the expenses, go Dutch fam
    * * *
    escote nm
    1) : low neckline
    2)
    pagar a escote : to go dutch
    * * *
    escote n low neck

    Spanish-English dictionary > escote

  • 12 crònan

    a dirge, croon, purring, Irish, Early Irish cronán. O'Curry (Mann. and Cust. III., 246) writes the Irish as crónán, and defines it as the low murmuring or chorus to each verse of the aidbsi or choral singing. Scottish croon, croyn (15th century), corresponds to Dutch kreunen, groan, Middle Dutch krönon, lament, Middle Low German kronen, growl, Old High German chrônan, Middle Low German kroenen, chatter (Murray, who thinks the Scottish came from Low German in Middle English period). It seems clear that the Gadelic and Teutonic are related to each other by borrowing; seemingly the Gadelic is borrowed.

    Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language > crònan

  • 13 origen

    m.
    1 origin (principio).
    en su origen originally
    dar origen a to give rise to
    tener su origen en to have one's origins in, to originate in (lugar)
    2 origins, birth (ascendencia).
    los aceites de origen español oils of Spanish origin, Spanish oils
    Alicia es colombiana de origen Alicia is Colombian by birth
    de origen humilde of humble origin
    3 cause (causa).
    el origen del problema the cause o source of the problem
    * * *
    1 (causa) cause, origin
    2 (procedencia - gen) origin; (- de persona) extraction
    \
    dar origen a to give rise to
    en su origen originally
    tener su origen en to originate in
    idioma de origen source language
    país de origen country of origin
    * * *
    noun m.
    •
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=causa, principio) origin

    • dar origen a — [+ rumores, movimiento, organización] to give rise to

    el Big Bang, la gran explosión que dio origen al Universo — the Big Bang, the great explosion that created the Universe

    • de origen, proteínas de origen animal/vegetal — animal/vegetable proteins

    problemas de origen psicológico — psychological problems, problems of psychological origin

    un deporte de origen inglés — a sport of English origin, a sport originally from England

    • desde sus orígenes — [de movimiento, corriente] from its origins; [de ciudad, país] from the very beginning, right from the start

    • en su origen — originally

    en su origen la organización no tenía más de veinte miembros — at the outset o at the start o originally the organization had no more than twenty members

    • tener su origen en — [+ lugar] to originate in; [+ inicio] to originate from; [+ fecha] to date back to

    el vals tiene su origen en las danzas austriacas "Ländler" — the waltz originates o comes from Austrian "Ländler" dances

    2) [de persona] background, origins pl

    son gente de origen humilde — they are from a humble background, they are of humble origins

    • de origen argentino/árabe — of Argentinian/Arab origin o más frm extraction

    • país de origen — country of origin, native country

    3)

    • en origen — (Com, Econ) at source

    * * *
    a) ( principio) origin; (de palabra, tradición) origin

    en su origen — originally, in the beginning

    aquel comentario dio origen a... — that remark gave rise to o caused...

    b) ( procedencia) origin
    c) (Mat) origin
    * * *
    = genesis, lineage, origin, parent, pedigree, root, source, provenance, strain, root cause.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.
    Ex. These rules have their origins in a report by the American Library Association.
    Ex. Most bibliographic databases evolved from a parent abstracting or indexing publication.
    Ex. The term 'false drops' which is encountered in other aspects of information retrieval can trace its pedigree to edge notch cards.
    Ex. However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex. The network is fairly well developed and lobbying initiatives on policies affecting all or a group of local authorities have stemmed from this source.
    Ex. This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.
    Ex. The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.
    Ex. This article highlights the root causes of nativism against both immigrants and U.S. immigration policy arising from increasing legal and illegal immigration.
    ----
    * álbum de orígenes = studbook.
    * americano de origen asiático = Asian American.
    * americano de origen mejicano = Mexican American.
    * artículo origen = parent article.
    * atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.
    * buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.
    * buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.
    * cuyo origen es determinable = retraceable, traceable.
    * cuyo origen es ilocalizable = irretraceable.
    * cuyo origen es localizable = traceable, retraceable.
    * cuyo origen is indeterminable = irretraceable.
    * dar origen = mother.
    * dar origen a = give + rise to, bring about, lead to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    * de origen + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in origin.
    * de origen determinable = retraceable, traceable.
    * de origen humilde = of low descent.
    * de origen ilocalizable = irretraceable.
    * de origen indeterminable = irretraceable.
    * de origen localizable = traceable, retraceable.
    * desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * en el origen (de) = in the early days (of).
    * en sus orígenes = originally.
    * establecer el origen de = trace + the origin of.
    * libro de orígenes = studbook.
    * los orígenes de = the dawn of.
    * lugar de origen = locality of origin.
    * nacionalidad de origen = nationality of origin.
    * Origen de las Especies, el = Origin of Species, the.
    * origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.
    * orígenes = ascendancy.
    * orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.
    * origen étnico = ethnic origin, ethnicity, ethnic background.
    * origen geográfico = geographical origin.
    * origen geológico = geological origin.
    * origen nacional = national origin.
    * origen + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.
    * país de origen = country of origin, national origin, home country.
    * ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.
    * ser el origen de = provide + the material for.
    * tener su origen = hark(en) back to, hearken back to.
    * tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.
    * tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.
    * término de origen = referred-from term.
    * vender en el extranjero a precios inferiores que en el país de origen = dump.
    * * *
    a) ( principio) origin; (de palabra, tradición) origin

    en su origen — originally, in the beginning

    aquel comentario dio origen a... — that remark gave rise to o caused...

    b) ( procedencia) origin
    c) (Mat) origin
    * * *
    = genesis, lineage, origin, parent, pedigree, root, source, provenance, strain, root cause.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

    Ex: The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.
    Ex: These rules have their origins in a report by the American Library Association.
    Ex: Most bibliographic databases evolved from a parent abstracting or indexing publication.
    Ex: The term 'false drops' which is encountered in other aspects of information retrieval can trace its pedigree to edge notch cards.
    Ex: However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex: The network is fairly well developed and lobbying initiatives on policies affecting all or a group of local authorities have stemmed from this source.
    Ex: This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.
    Ex: The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.
    Ex: This article highlights the root causes of nativism against both immigrants and U.S. immigration policy arising from increasing legal and illegal immigration.
    * álbum de orígenes = studbook.
    * americano de origen asiático = Asian American.
    * americano de origen mejicano = Mexican American.
    * artículo origen = parent article.
    * atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.
    * buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.
    * buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.
    * cuyo origen es determinable = retraceable, traceable.
    * cuyo origen es ilocalizable = irretraceable.
    * cuyo origen es localizable = traceable, retraceable.
    * cuyo origen is indeterminable = irretraceable.
    * dar origen = mother.
    * dar origen a = give + rise to, bring about, lead to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    * de origen + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in origin.
    * de origen determinable = retraceable, traceable.
    * de origen humilde = of low descent.
    * de origen ilocalizable = irretraceable.
    * de origen indeterminable = irretraceable.
    * de origen localizable = traceable, retraceable.
    * desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * en el origen (de) = in the early days (of).
    * en sus orígenes = originally.
    * establecer el origen de = trace + the origin of.
    * libro de orígenes = studbook.
    * los orígenes de = the dawn of.
    * lugar de origen = locality of origin.
    * nacionalidad de origen = nationality of origin.
    * Origen de las Especies, el = Origin of Species, the.
    * origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.
    * orígenes = ascendancy.
    * orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.
    * origen étnico = ethnic origin, ethnicity, ethnic background.
    * origen geográfico = geographical origin.
    * origen geológico = geological origin.
    * origen nacional = national origin.
    * origen + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.
    * país de origen = country of origin, national origin, home country.
    * ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.
    * ser el origen de = provide + the material for.
    * tener su origen = hark(en) back to, hearken back to.
    * tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.
    * tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.
    * término de origen = referred-from term.
    * vender en el extranjero a precios inferiores que en el país de origen = dump.

    * * *
    1 (del universo, de la vida) origin; (de una palabra, una tradición) origin
    esta costumbre tiene su origen en un antiguo rito pagano this custom has its origin in an ancient pagan rite, this custom derives from an ancient pagan rite
    la cocina vasca desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad Basque cuisine from its origins to the present day
    el Tratado de Versalles dio origen a la OIT the ILO came into being o was brought into being by the Treaty of Versailles
    aquel comentario dio origen a un gran escándalo that remark gave rise to o caused a great scandal
    los orígenes de la guerra the origins o causes of the war
    2 (de un producto — establecimiento) point of origin; (— país) country of origin
    embotellado en origen estate-bottled
    es español de origen he is Spanish by birth
    de origen holandés of Dutch origin o extraction
    de origen humilde of humble origin(s)
    mejillones envasados en origen mussels canned at point of origin
    3 ( Mat) origin
    * * *

     

    origen sustantivo masculino
    origin;

    dar origen a algo to give rise to sth;
    país de origen country of origin;
    de origen humilde of humble origin(s)
    origen sustantivo masculino
    1 (comienzo) origin: dio una charla sobre el origen del universo, he gave a talk on the origin of the universe
    2 (causa) cause: el origen de su tristeza es la muerte de su amigo, his sadness is due to his friend's death
    3 (ascendencia, procedencia) origin: su madre es inglesa de origen, her mother is English by birth
    ♦ Locuciones: dar origen a, to give rise to: su actitud dio origen a un malentendido, his attitude gave rise to a misunderstanding
    denominación de origen, guarantee of origin and quality

    ' origen' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    denominación
    - derivarse
    - doblete
    - emanar
    - ser
    - extracción
    - fuente
    - germen
    - hipótesis
    - madre
    - milenaria
    - milenario
    - nacimiento
    - principio
    - semilla
    - tierra
    - ascendencia
    - de
    - país
    - procedencia
    English:
    background
    - be
    - beginning
    - birth
    - date
    - descent
    - ethnicity
    - fountainhead
    - from
    - get at
    - home
    - homeland
    - origin
    - originate
    - out of
    - provenance
    - root
    - source
    - speculate
    - start out
    - trace back
    - African-American
    - derive
    - rise
    * * *
    origen nm
    1. [principio] origin;
    en su origen originally;
    dar origen a to give rise to;
    sus palabras han dado origen a especulaciones her statements have given rise to o caused speculation;
    esta idea dio origen a la actual empresa this idea was the origin of the company as it is today;
    desde sus orígenes from its origins;
    tener su origen en [lugar] to have one's origins in, to originate in;
    esta leyenda tiene su origen en un hecho histórico this legend has its origins in historical fact;
    tiene su origen en el siglo XIX it originated in the 19th century
    2. [ascendencia] origins, birth;
    Alicia es colombiana de origen Alicia is Colombian by birth;
    de origen humilde of humble origin
    3. [causa] cause;
    el origen del problema the cause o source of the problem
    4. [de un producto] origin;
    agua mineral envasada en origen mineral water bottled at source
    5. Mat origin
    * * *
    m origin;
    ser de origen … be of … origin o extraction;
    tener su origen en have its origin in;
    dar origen a give rise to
    * * *
    1) : origin
    2) : lineage, birth
    3)
    dar origen a : to give rise to
    4)
    en su origen : originally
    * * *
    1. (en general) origin
    2. (causa) cause

    Spanish-English dictionary > origen

  • 14 Голландия

    Нидерланды или Голландия
    (государственный язык нидерландский, национальная валюта — гульден)
    Netherlands, the (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
    a kingdom in W Europe, on the North Sea. 14, 715, 000; 16, 163 sq. mi. (41, 863 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague. Also called Holland. Dutch, Nederland.
    Derived words: Netherlander, n. / Netherlandian, adj.
    Also called: Holland.
    1. a kingdom in NW Europe, on the North Sea: declared independence from Spain in 1581 as the United Provinces; became a major maritime and commercial power in the 17th century, gaining many overseas possessions; a member of the Common Market. It is mostly flat and low-lying, with about 40 per cent of the land being below sea level, much of it on polders protected by dykes. Language: Dutch. Religion: Christian, with both Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches. Currency: guilder. Capital: Amsterdam, with the seat of government at The Hague. Pop.: 14 714 948 (1988 est.). Area: 40 883 sq. km (15 785 sq. miles). Dutch name: Nederland
    2. the kingdom of the Netherlands together with the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, esp. as ruled by Spain and Austria before 1581; the Low Countries.

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  • 15 Нидерланды

    Нидерланды или Голландия
    (государственный язык нидерландский, национальная валюта — гульден)
    Netherlands, the (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
    a kingdom in W Europe, on the North Sea. 14, 715, 000; 16, 163 sq. mi. (41, 863 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague. Also called Holland. Dutch, Nederland.
    Derived words: Netherlander, n. / Netherlandian, adj.
    Also called: Holland.
    1. a kingdom in NW Europe, on the North Sea: declared independence from Spain in 1581 as the United Provinces; became a major maritime and commercial power in the 17th century, gaining many overseas possessions; a member of the Common Market. It is mostly flat and low-lying, with about 40 per cent of the land being below sea level, much of it on polders protected by dykes. Language: Dutch. Religion: Christian, with both Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches. Currency: guilder. Capital: Amsterdam, with the seat of government at The Hague. Pop.: 14 714 948 (1988 est.). Area: 40 883 sq. km (15 785 sq. miles). Dutch name: Nederland
    2. the kingdom of the Netherlands together with the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, esp. as ruled by Spain and Austria before 1581; the Low Countries.

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  • 16 Chronology

      15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.
      400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.
      202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.
      137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.
      410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.
      714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.
      1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.
      1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.
      1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.
      1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.
      1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).
      1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.
      1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.
      1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.
      1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.
      1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.
      1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.
      1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.
      1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.
      1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.
      1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.
      1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.
      1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.
      1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.
      1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.
      1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.
      1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).
      1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.
      1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.
      1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.
      1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.
       King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.
       King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.
      1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.
      1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
      1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.
       Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.
       Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.
       Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.
      1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.
      1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.
      1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.
      1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.
      1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.
      1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.
      1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.
      1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.
      1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.
      1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.
      1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.
      1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.
      1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.
      1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.
      1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
      1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.
      1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.
      1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.
      1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.
      1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.
      1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.
      1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.
      1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.
      1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.
      1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.
       Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.
       King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.
      1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of
       Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.
       Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.
       King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.
      1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.
      1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.
      1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.
      1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.
      1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.
      1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.
       January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.
       Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.
      1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.
      1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.
      1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.
      1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.
      1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.
       May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.
       March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.
       Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.
      1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.
      1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January
      1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.
      1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."
       28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.
       February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.
       April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.
      1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.
      1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."
      1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.
       6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.
       8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.
      1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.
      1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.
      1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
       January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.
      1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.
      1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.
      1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.
       March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.
       March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.
      1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July
      1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.
      1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).
      1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.
      1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.
       January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.
       January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.
       November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.
       October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.
       January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.
       May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.
       October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.
       January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).
       United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.
       January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.
       1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
       May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.
       June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.
       February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.
       January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.
       July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.
      2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

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  • 17 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius

    SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering
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    b. c. 1590 St Maartensdijk, Zeeland, the Netherlands
    d. 4 February 1656 probably London, England
    [br]
    Dutch/British civil engineer responsible for many of the drainage and flood-protection schemes in low-lying areas of England in the seventeenth century.
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    At the beginning of the seventeenth century, several wealthy men in England joined forces as "adventurers" to put their money into land ventures. One such group was responsible for the draining of the Fens. The first need was to find engineers who were versed in the processes of land drainage, particularly when that land was at, or below, sea level. It was natural, therefore, to turn to the Netherlands to find these skilled men. Joachim Liens was one of the first of the Dutch engineers to go to England, and he started work on the Great Level; however, no real progress was made until 1621, when Cornelius Vermuyden was brought to England to assist in the work.
    Vermuyden had grown up in a district where he could see for himself the techniques of embanking and reclaiming land from the sea. He acquired a reputation of expertise in this field, and by 1621 his fame had spread to England. In that year the Thames had flooded and breached its banks near Havering and Dagenham in Essex. Vermuyden was commissioned to repair the breach and drain neighbouring marshland, with what he claimed as complete success. The Commissioners of Sewers for Essex disputed this claim and whthheld his fee, but King Charles I granted him a portion of the reclaimed land as compensation.
    In 1626 Vermuyden carried out his first scheme for drainage works as a consultant. This was the drainage of Hatfield Chase in South Yorkshire. Charles I was, in fact, Vermuyden's employer in the drainage of the Chase, and the work was undertaken as a means of raising additional rents for the Royal Exchequer. Vermuyden was himself an "adventurer" in the undertaking, putting capital into the venture and receiving the title to a considerable proportion of the drained lands. One of the important elements of his drainage designs was the principal of "washes", which were flat areas between the protective dykes and the rivers to carry flood waters, to prevent them spreading on to nearby land. Vermuyden faced bitter opposition from those whose livelihoods depended on the marshlands and who resorted to sabotage of the embankments and violence against his imported Dutch workmen to defend their rights. The work could not be completed until arbiters had ruled out on the respective rights of the parties involved. Disagreements and criticism of his engineering practices continued and he gave up his interest in Hatfield Chase. The Hatfield Chase undertaking was not a great success, although the land is now rich farmland around the river Don in Doncaster. However, the involved financial and land-ownership arrangements were the key to the granting of a knighthood to Cornelius Vermuyden in January 1628, and in 1630 he purchased 4,000 acres of low-lying land on Sedgemoor in Somerset.
    In 1629 Vermuyden embarked on his most important work, that of draining the Great Level in the fenlands of East Anglia. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, was given charge of the work, with Vermuyden as Engineer; in this venture they were speculators and partners and were recompensed by a grant of land. The area which contains the Cambridgeshire tributaries of the Great Ouse were subject to severe and usually annual flooding. The works to contain the rivers in their flood period were important. Whilst the rivers were contained with the enclosed flood plain, the land beyond became highly sought-after because of the quality of the soil. The fourteen "adventurers" who eventually came into partnership with the Earl of Bedford and Vermuyden were the financiers of the scheme and also received land in accordance with their input into the scheme. In 1637 the work was claimed to be complete, but this was disputed, with Vermuyden defending himself against criticism in a pamphlet entitled Discourse Touching the Great Fennes (1638; 1642, London). In fact, much remained to be done, and after an interruption due to the Civil War the scheme was finished in 1652. Whilst the process of the Great Level works had closely involved the King, Oliver Cromwell was equally concerned over the success of the scheme. By 1655 Cornelius Vermuyden had ceased to have anything to do with the Great Level. At that stage he was asked to account for large sums granted to him to expedite the work but was unable to do so; most of his assets were seized to cover the deficiency, and from then on he subsided into obscurity and poverty.
    While Cornelius Vermuyden, as a Dutchman, was well versed in the drainage needs of his own country, he developed his skills as a hydraulic engineer in England and drained acres of derelict flooded land.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1628.
    Further Reading
    L.E.Harris, 1953, Vermuyden and the Fens, London: Cleaver Hume Press. J.Korthals-Altes, 1977, Sir Cornelius Vermuyden: The Lifework of a Great Anglo-
    Dutchman in Land-Reclamation and Drainage, New York: Alto Press.
    KM / LRD

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  • 18 Empire, Portuguese overseas

    (1415-1975)
       Portugal was the first Western European state to establish an early modern overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean and perhaps the last colonial power to decolonize. A vast subject of complexity that is full of myth as well as debatable theories, the history of the Portuguese overseas empire involves the story of more than one empire, the question of imperial motives, the nature of Portuguese rule, and the results and consequences of empire, including the impact on subject peoples as well as on the mother country and its society, Here, only the briefest account of a few such issues can be attempted.
       There were various empires or phases of empire after the capture of the Moroccan city of Ceuta in 1415. There were at least three Portuguese empires in history: the First empire (1415-1580), the Second empire (1580-1640 and 1640-1822), and the Third empire (1822-1975).
       With regard to the second empire, the so-called Phillipine period (1580-1640), when Portugal's empire was under Spanish domination, could almost be counted as a separate era. During that period, Portugal lost important parts of its Asian holdings to England and also sections of its colonies of Brazil, Angola, and West Africa to Holland's conquests. These various empires could be characterized by the geography of where Lisbon invested its greatest efforts and resources to develop territories and ward off enemies.
       The first empire (1415-1580) had two phases. First came the African coastal phase (1415-97), when the Portuguese sought a foothold in various Moroccan cities but then explored the African coast from Morocco to past the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. While colonization and sugar farming were pursued in the Atlantic islands, as well as in the islands in the Gulf of Guinea like São Tomé and Príncipe, for the most part the Portuguese strategy was to avoid commitments to defending or peopling lands on the African continent. Rather, Lisbon sought a seaborne trade empire, in which the Portuguese could profit from exploiting trade and resources (such as gold) along the coasts and continue exploring southward to seek a sea route to Portuguese India. The second phase of the first empire (1498-1580) began with the discovery of the sea route to Asia, thanks to Vasco da Gama's first voyage in 1497-99, and the capture of strong points, ports, and trading posts in order to enforce a trade monopoly between Asia and Europe. This Asian phase produced the greatest revenues of empire Portugal had garnered, yet ended when Spain conquered Portugal and commanded her empire as of 1580.
       Portugal's second overseas empire began with Spanish domination and ran to 1822, when Brazil won her independence from Portugal. This phase was characterized largely by Brazilian dominance of imperial commitment, wealth in minerals and other raw materials from Brazil, and the loss of a significant portion of her African and Asian coastal empire to Holland and Great Britain. A sketch of Portugal's imperial losses either to native rebellions or to imperial rivals like Britain and Holland follows:
       • Morocco (North Africa) (sample only)
       Arzila—Taken in 1471; evacuated in 1550s; lost to Spain in 1580, which returned city to a sultan.
       Ceuta—Taken in 1415; lost to Spain in 1640 (loss confirmed in 1668 treaty with Spain).
       • Tangiers—Taken in 15th century; handed over to England in 1661 as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry to King Charles II.
       • West Africa
       • Fort/Castle of São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (in what is now Ghana)—Taken in 1480s; lost to Holland in 1630s.
       • Middle East
       Socotra-isle—Conquered in 1507; fort abandoned in 1511; used as water resupply stop for India fleet.
       Muscat—Conquered in 1501; lost to Persians in 1650.
       Ormuz—Taken, 1505-15 under Albuquerque; lost to England, which gave it to Persia in the 17th century.
       Aden (entry to Red Sea) — Unsuccessfully attacked by Portugal (1513-30); taken by Turks in 1538.
       • India
       • Ceylon (Sri Lanka)—Taken by 1516; lost to Dutch after 1600.
       • Bombay—Taken in 16th century; given to England in 1661 treaty as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry for Charles II.
       • East Indies
       • Moluccas—Taken by 1520; possession confirmed in 1529 Saragossa treaty with Spain; lost to Dutch after 1600; only East Timor remaining.
       After the restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain in 1640, Portugal proceeded to revive and strengthen the Anglo- Portuguese Alliance, with international aid to fight off further Spanish threats to Portugal and drive the Dutch invaders out of Brazil and Angola. While Portugal lost its foothold in West Africa at Mina to the Dutch, dominion in Angola was consolidated. The most vital part of the imperial economy was a triangular trade: slaves from West Africa and from the coasts of Congo and Angola were shipped to plantations in Brazil; raw materials (sugar, tobacco, gold, diamonds, dyes) were sent to Lisbon; Lisbon shipped Brazil colonists and hardware. Part of Portugal's War of Restoration against Spain (1640-68) and its reclaiming of Brazil and Angola from Dutch intrusions was financed by the New Christians (Jews converted to Christianity after the 1496 Manueline order of expulsion of Jews) who lived in Portugal, Holland and other low countries, France, and Brazil. If the first empire was mainly an African coastal and Asian empire, the second empire was primarily a Brazilian empire.
       Portugal's third overseas empire began upon the traumatic independence of Brazil, the keystone of the Lusitanian enterprise, in 1822. The loss of Brazil greatly weakened Portugal both as a European power and as an imperial state, for the scattered remainder of largely coastal, poor, and uncolonized territories that stretched from the bulge of West Africa to East Timor in the East Indies and Macau in south China were more of a financial liability than an asset. Only two small territories balanced their budgets occasionally or made profits: the cocoa islands of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea and tiny Macau, which lost much of its advantage as an entrepot between the West and the East when the British annexed neighboring Hong Kong in 1842. The others were largely burdens on the treasury. The African colonies were strapped by a chronic economic problem: at a time when the slave trade and then slavery were being abolished under pressures from Britain and other Western powers, the economies of Guinea- Bissau, São Tomé/Príncipe, Angola, and Mozambique were totally dependent on revenues from the slave trade and slavery. During the course of the 19th century, Lisbon began a program to reform colonial administration in a newly rejuvenated African empire, where most of the imperial efforts were expended, by means of replacing the slave trade and slavery, with legitimate economic activities.
       Portugal participated in its own early version of the "Scramble" for Africa's interior during 1850-69, but discovered that the costs of imperial expansion were too high to allow effective occupation of the hinterlands. After 1875, Portugal participated in the international "Scramble for Africa" and consolidated its holdings in west and southern Africa, despite the failure of the contra-costa (to the opposite coast) plan, which sought to link up the interiors of Angola and Mozambique with a corridor in central Africa. Portugal's expansion into what is now Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (eastern section) in 1885-90 was thwarted by its oldest ally, Britain, under pressure from interest groups in South Africa, Scotland, and England. All things considered, Portugal's colonizing resources and energies were overwhelmed by the African empire it possessed after the frontier-marking treaties of 1891-1906. Lisbon could barely administer the massive area of five African colonies, whose total area comprised about 8 percent of the area of the colossal continent. The African territories alone were many times the size of tiny Portugal and, as of 1914, Portugal was the third colonial power in terms of size of area possessed in the world.
       The politics of Portugal's empire were deceptive. Lisbon remained obsessed with the fear that rival colonial powers, especially Germany and Britain, would undermine and then dismantle her African empire. This fear endured well into World War II. In developing and keeping her potentially rich African territories (especially mineral-rich Angola and strategically located Mozambique), however, the race against time was with herself and her subject peoples. Two major problems, both chronic, prevented Portugal from effective colonization (i.e., settling) and development of her African empire: the economic weakness and underdevelopment of the mother country and the fact that the bulk of Portuguese emigration after 1822 went to Brazil, Venezuela, the United States, and France, not to the colonies. These factors made it difficult to consolidate imperial control until it was too late; that is, until local African nationalist movements had organized and taken the field in insurgency wars that began in three of the colonies during the years 1961-64.
       Portugal's belated effort to revitalize control and to develop, in the truest sense of the word, Angola and Mozambique after 1961 had to be set against contemporary events in Europe, Africa, and Asia. While Portugal held on to a backward empire, other European countries like Britain, France, and Belgium were rapidly decolonizing their empires. Portugal's failure or unwillingness to divert the large streams of emigrants to her empire after 1850 remained a constant factor in this question. Prophetic were the words of the 19th-century economist Joaquim Oliveira Martins, who wrote in 1880 that Brazil was a better colony for Portugal than Africa and that the best colony of all would have been Portugal itself. As of the day of the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which sparked the final process of decolonization of the remainder of Portugal's third overseas empire, the results of the colonization program could be seen to be modest compared to the numbers of Portuguese emigrants outside the empire. Moreover, within a year, of some 600,000 Portuguese residing permanently in Angola and Mozambique, all but a few thousand had fled to South Africa or returned to Portugal.
       In 1974 and 1975, most of the Portuguese empire was decolonized or, in the case of East Timor, invaded and annexed by a foreign power before it could consolidate its independence. Only historic Macau, scheduled for transfer to the People's Republic of China in 1999, remained nominally under Portuguese control as a kind of footnote to imperial history. If Portugal now lacked a conventional overseas empire and was occupied with the challenges of integration in the European Union (EU), Lisbon retained another sort of informal dependency that was a new kind of empire: the empire of her scattered overseas Portuguese communities from North America to South America. Their numbers were at least six times greater than that of the last settlers of the third empire.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Empire, Portuguese overseas

  • 19 Kasse

    Kasse f 1. BANK cash desk (Zahlstelle); 2. FIN cash; 3. FREI ticket office (Sportveranstaltung); box office (Theater); 4. GEN cash desk, till (Ladenkasse, Zahlstelle); cash, cash on hand (Bargeld); 5. V&M checkout, checkout lane, till (Supermarkt); 6. WIWI cash • die Kasse BANK (BE) the Exchequer, Exch. • Kasse machen 1. FIN (BE) (infrml) cash up; 2. RW balance the cash • per Kasse verkaufen BÖRSE sell spot
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    f 1. < Bank> cash desk; 2. < Finanz> cash; 3. < Frei> Sportveranstaltung ticket office, Theater box office; 4. < Geschäft> Zahlstelle cash desk, till, Bargeld cash, cash on hand; 5. <V&M> Supermarkt checkout, checkout lane, till; 6. <Vw> cash ■ die Kasse < Bank> the Exchequer (BE) (Exch.) ■ Kasse machen < Finanz> cash up infrml (BE) < Rechnung> balance the cash ■ per Kasse verkaufen < Börse> sell spot
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    Kasse
    (Bahnhof) booking office (Br.), ticket window (US), (Bank) cashier’s (teller’s, US) department, cashier’s office, (Barangebot) cash offer, (Bargeld) cash [on hand], ready money, the ready, jack (sl.), hardtack (sl.), (Börse) spot cash, (Finanzen einer Firma) finances, Exchequer (fam.), (Fonds) means, resources, (Geldschrank) safe, [strong]box, (Kassenschalter) cash (paying) office, pay desk, (Krankenkasse) health insurance, sick[ness] fund, (Ladenkasse) cashbox, shop till, money chest, (Quästur) bursary, (Registrierkasse) cash register, (Selbstbedienungsladen) check-out stand, (Staatskasse) Exchequer (Br.), Treasury Department (US), (Unterstützungskasse) relief fund, (Verwaltung) finance, cash (finance) department, (Zahlstelle) counter;
    • an der Kasse (Bank) over the counter (window), (Theater) at the booking (Br.) (ticket, US) office;
    • bei Kasse in funds, financial, in the money (sl.);
    • knapp bei Kasse short of cash, on the turf (US sl.);
    • nicht bei Kasse short of means (money), out of cash (funds);
    • schlecht bei Kasse short of money, money-starved, hard up;
    • [bar] gegen Kasse in [ready] cash, cash on delivery (C.O.D.), (Wertpapiere) for delivery, spot;
    • gegen Kasse gekauft bought for cash;
    • nur gegen Kasse for cash only;
    • gegen sofortige Kasse spot (for prompt) cash, payable cash down;
    • gut bei Kasse flush of money, well-heeled (US sl.);
    • netto Kasse net (spot) cash, (Börse) for money;
    • rein netto Kasse net cash without discount;
    • per Kasse (Devisen) on spot terms, (Wertpapiere) [for] cash (US), payable cash down;
    • auszahlende Kasse paying office;
    • gemeinsame (gemeinschaftliche) Kasse joint account, common purse (fund), (Kartenspiel) kitty;
    • getrennte Kasse separate account, Dutch treat;
    • kleine Kasse petty cash;
    • leere Kasse bare (depleted) treasury;
    • öffentliche Kasse county (public) funds;
    • schwarze Kasse secret fund;
    • sofortige Kasse cash down, ready [money], ready (spot, US) cash;
    • tägliche Kasse (Bank) counter cash;
    • Kasse bei Bestellung cash with order;
    • Kasse gegen Dokumente cash against documents;
    • Kasse bei Lieferung cash on delivery;
    • Kasse vor Lieferung cash before delivery;
    • Kasse mit 2% Skonto less 2 per cent cash discount;
    • netto Kasse im Voraus net cash in advance;
    • Kasse abnehmen (abrechnen) to balance the cash;
    • Kasse abstimmen to tally (count, US, make up) the cash, to count the daily receipts;
    • Kasse wieder auffüllen (Partei) to replenish its funds;
    • volle Kasse bringen to be a box-office success (US);
    • mit der Kasse durchbrennen (durchgehen) to make (run) off (bolt) with the money (cash), to shoot the moon (sl.);
    • Kasse führen to keep cash, to act as a cashier, to hold the purse, to bear the bag;
    • getrennte Kasse führen to go Dutch;
    • in die Kasse greifen to rob (dip into) the till;
    • Geld in der Kasse haben to have cash in hand;
    • Kassen halten (öffentlicher Haushalt) to maintain cash funds;
    • Kasse journalisieren to enter the cash into the journal;
    • per (gegen bare) Kasse kaufen to buy for cash (outright, US), (Devisen) to buy on a spot basis (for spot cash);
    • Kasse machen to count the daily receipts, to make (reckon, Br.) up the cash;
    • gemeinsame Kasse machen to put one’s funds in common, to pool expenses;
    • mit jem. gemeinsame Kasse machen to have a common purse with s. o.;
    • getrennte Kasse machen to go Dutch;
    • Griff in die Kasse machen to dip into (rob) the till;
    • Kasse pfänden to seize the till;
    • Kasse schließen to count the receipts;
    • bei Kasse sein to be in funds (cash, stock, flush of money), to have plenty of (be up for) cash;
    • gut bei Kasse sein to be pretty flush with funds, to be in the chips (in pocket);
    • knapp bei Kasse sein to be short of cash;
    • nicht bei Kasse sein to be out of cash;
    • nicht gut (schlecht) bei Kasse sein to be in low funds (water);
    • Kassen unterhalten (öffentliches Rechnungswesen) to maintain cash funds;
    • über die Kasse verfügen to have one’s hand in the till, to hold the purse strings tightly;
    • sich an der Kasse vergreifen to tamper with the cash;
    • gegen Kasse verkaufen to sell for cash (outright, US);
    • an der Kasse zahlen to pay at the desk;
    • Kassekonto cash (cashier’s) account.

    Business german-english dictionary > Kasse

  • 20 escotar

    v.
    1 to lower the neckline of.
    2 to cut the neckline of, to cut the armhole of.
    * * *
    1 COSTURA to cut a low neckline in, cut out the neck of
    ————————
    1 (pagar) to share the cost of; (pareja) to go Dutch on
    2 (río) to draw water from
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Cos) [+ vestido] to cut low in front; [+ cuello] to cut low
    2) [+ río] to draw water from
    2.
    VI (=pagar su parte) to pay one's share, chip in
    * * *
    verbo transitivo

    ¿me lo escota un poquito más? — can you cut the neckline a little lower?

    * * *
    verbo transitivo

    ¿me lo escota un poquito más? — can you cut the neckline a little lower?

    * * *
    escotar [A1 ]
    vt
    ¿me lo escota un poquito más? can you cut the neckline a little lower?
    * * *
    to lower the neckline of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 prenda cut low in the front
    2 precio cut

    Spanish-English dictionary > escotar

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