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3 the two towns cover 50 square miles
de twee steden beslaan/strekken zich uit over 50 vierkante mijlEnglish-Dutch dictionary > the two towns cover 50 square miles
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4 the city covers ten square miles
Общая лексика: город занимает десять квадратных мильУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the city covers ten square miles
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5 the town covers five square miles
pilsēta aizņem piecas kvadrātjūdzesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > the town covers five square miles
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8 cover
ˈkʌvə
1. сущ.
1) а) крышка, покрышка, колпак, колпачок The jewel box had a carved wooden cover. ≈ Крышка коробки для драгоценностей была украшена деревянной резьбой. б) обложка, переплет;
одна сторона обложки to read from cover to cover ≈ прочесть от корки до корки( о книге) Don't judge a book by its cover. ≈ Не суди о книге по ее обложке. Syn: binding
1. в) футляр;
чехол a mattress cover ≈ чехол на матрац г) конверт, пакет;
обертка under the same cover ≈ в том же конверте under separate cover ≈ в отдельном пакете, в отдельном конверте д) покрывало;
одеяло Do you want another cover on the bed? ≈ Ты хочешь другое покрывало на кровать? Syn: blanket
1., comforter, quilt
1., coverlet, eiderdown ∙ Syn: lid
1., top I
1., cap I
1., covering
1. ;
wrapper, case II
1., encasement, envelope, jacket
1.
2) а) убежище, укрытие;
воен. прикрытие, заслон under cover ≈ в укрытии, под защитой to take cover ≈ укрыться When the rain started, we took cover under a large tree. ≈ Когда начался дождь, мы спрятались под большим деревом. air cover ≈ воздушная защита Syn: protection, shelter
1., shield
1., guard
1., defence;
asylum, refuge
1., sanctuary, concealment б) покров under cover of darkness ≈ под покровом темноты Syn: cloak
1. в) перен. ширма;
предлог, отговорка under cover of friendship ≈ под личиной дружбы Syn: screen
1., disguise
1., pretence
3) а) охот. укрытие, логово( зверя) б) растительный покров
4) а) коммерч. гарантийный фонд б) страхование
5) прибор (обеденный)
2. гл.
1) накрывать, закрывать, покрывать to cover a wall with paper ≈ оклеивать стену обоями Grandmother always covered the table with a lace cloth. ≈ Бабушка всегда покрывает стол кружевной скатертью. The roof was covered with wooden shingles. ≈ Крыша была покрыта кровельной дранкой. to cover (one's head) ≈ надевать( шляпу и т. п.) Syn: put on, put over, lay on, overlay
2., blanket
3., clothe, sheathe, shroud, envelop, wrap
2., enwrap
2) защищать, ограждать, укрывать The tent covered the campers from the rain. ≈ Палатка предохранила отдыхающих от дождя. to cover a siege ≈ выдерживать осаду some woods which covered their retreat ≈ леса, которые прикрыли их отступление Syn: protect, shield
2., guard
2., shelter
2., defend
3) а) закрывать;
скрывать, маскировать, прятать She covered her face with her hands. ≈ Она закрыла лицо руками. Frank laughed to cover his anxiety. ≈ Фрэнк засмеялся, чтобы скрыть тревогу. to cover the retreat ≈ прикрывать отступление to cover one's tracks ≈ заметать свои следы Syn: hide II
2., conceal, obscure
2., secrete;
cloak
2., veil
2., hood
2., screen
2. ;
mask
2., disguise
2., camouflage
2. б) спорт закрывать, прикрывать (игрока соперника) ;
прикрывать (участок поля)
4) включать, содержать, охватывать;
относиться( к чему-л.) The history book covers the years of Eisenhower's presidency. ≈ Эта книга по истории охватывает годы президентства Эйзенхауэра. Syn: deal with, include, involve, contain;
embrace
2., embody, comprise, take in, comprehend
5) освещать (события и т. п.) в печати, на телевидении, по радио The reporter covered the convention for the local newspaper. ≈ Журналист давал материалы о партийном съезде в местную газету. Syn: report
2., tell of, describe, chronicle, write up
6) лежать, покрывать;
расстилаться;
распространяться Water covered the floor. ≈ Вода покрывает пол. His brewery covers nearly four acres of ground. ≈ Его пивоварня занимает почти четыре акра земли.
7) преодолевать, проходить( какое-л. расстояние) ;
спорт пройти( дистанцию) The distance covered was close on twenty miles. ≈ Пройденное расстояние равнялось почти двадцати милям. We covered three states in two days. ≈ Мы проехали три штата за два дня. Syn: travel through, pass over, pass through, traverse
2., cross
3.
8) а) комерч. покрывать, обеспечивать( денежным) покрытием б) страховать This insurance covers the traveler in any accident. ≈ Эта страховка страхует путешественника от любого несчастного случая. Syn: insure
9) предусматривать, разрешать The rules covers all cases. ≈ Правила предусматривают все случаи.
10) покрывать (кобылу;
по отношению к другим животным употребляется редко)
11) сидеть( на яйцах)
12) держать под прицелом ∙ cover for cover in cover over cover up (по) крышка;
обертка;
покрывало;
чехол;
футляр, колпак - a * for a saucepan крышка кастрлюли - a * for a chair чехол для стула - glass * стеклянный колпак конверт;
обертка;
упаковка - under plain * в конверте без фирменного штампа, в простом конверте - under separate * (канцелярское) в отдельном конверте - this is a receipt, the goods will be sent under separate * посылаем вам расписку, а товар будет выслан отдельно переплет;
обложка - soft * мягкая обложка - to read a book from * to * прочесть книгу от корки до корки убежище, укрытие;
прикрытие, "крышка" - * from fire (военное) укрытие от огня - * from view (военное) укрытие от наблюдения - under * в укрытиии - to take * найти убежище, спрятаться - to break * внезапно появиться;
выйти из укрытия - the spy's * was to act as a bartender шпион скрывался под видом бармена (спортивное) прикрытие, защита покров - land * растительный покров - sky * облачность, облачный покров (of) покрывало, покров - under * of darkness под покровом темноты лесной покров, полог леса (ботаника) покров семяпочки или семени (охота) нора, логовище - to break * поднять из логовища личина, маска - under * of friendship под личиной дружбы - under * of patriotism прикрываясь патриотизмом прибор, куверт - *s were laid for four стол был накрыт на четыре персоны плата "за куверт" (в ресторане, ночном клубе) (коммерческое) гарантийный фонд;
страхование (геология) покрывающие породы( автомобильное) покрышка (театроведение) замена;
заменяющий актер или -ая актриса;
исполнитель из второго состава > under * тайный;
секретный;
> he kept his activities under * он держал свою деятельность в тайне;
тайно;
секретно;
> they met under * они встречались тайно покрывать, закрывать, накрывать - to * a saucepan закрывать кастрюлю - to * up a baby укутать ребенка - to * plants with straw прикрыть растения соломой (редкое) покрывать (голову, плечи) ;
укрывать - to * one's head надеть шляпу - to remain *ed не снять шляпы - pray be *ed (устаревшее) прошу надеть шляпу прикрывать, ограждать, защищать - to * a retreat прикрывать отступление - the warships *ed the landing of the army военные корабли прикрывали высадку армии - the father *ed the boy from the fire with his own body отец своим телом укрыл мальчика от огня( спортивное) держать, закрывать (игрока) прятать, скрывать - to * one's face with one's hands закрыть лицо руками - the enemy were *ed from our sight by woods лес скрывал от нас неприятеля - to * one's shame скрыть стыд - to * one's tracks замести следы покрывать;
находить оправдания - his family kept *ing for him семья постоянно покрывала его - to * up for a friend покрывать друга;
выручать друга (книжное) покрыть, увенчать;
запятнать - to * oneself with glory покрыть себя славой покрывать, обдавать - you are *ed with dust ты весь в пыли - a passing motor *ed me with mud проезжавшая мимо машина обдала меня грязью обивать;
оклеивать - to * the seat of a chair with leather обить кожей сиденье стула - to * with wall-paper оклеить обоями покрывать;
распространяться;
расстилаться - snow *ed the ground земля была покрыта снегом, на земле лежал снег - enemy troops *ed the whole country вражеские войска наводнили всю страну - the floods *ed a large area наводнение распространялось на большую территорию покрывать, охватывать;
относиться - his researches * a wide field его исследования охватывают широкую область - documents *ing the sale документы, касающиеся продажи( for) (разговорное) заменять, подменять - please * for me at the counter for a few minutes пожалуйства, подмени меня у прилавка на несколько минут( театроведение) заменять держать под наблюдением - the police got all the roads *ed полиция перекрыла все дороги пройти, проехать - he *ed the distance in an hour он прошел расстояние за час - by evening we had *ed sixty miles к вечеру мы проехали шестьдесят миль( спортивное) пробежать дистанцию - to * the distance in great style показать на дистанции высокую технику бега освещать в печати - to * football matches давать репортаж о футбольных матчах - to * the theatres освещать театральную жизнь предусматривать - the rules * all cases правила предусматривают все случаи (коммерческое) обеспечить покрытие;
покрывать - to * one's expenses покрыть расходы - the loan was *ed many times сумма займа была перекрыта во много раз страховать - my policy *s me against loss from fire мое имущество застраховано от пожара - you should get yourself *ed as soon as possible тебе надо поскорее застраховаться( карточное) покрывать, крыть принять пари;
поставить( сельскохозяйственное) случать;
крыть (матку) сидеть (на яйцах) (военное) держать под обстрелом;
держать под прицелом - don't move, I have you *ed не шевелись, буду стрелять additional premium for short-term ~ дополнительная страховая премия за краткосрочное покрытие рисков advance ~ авансовое покрытие all risks ~ покрытие всех рисков back ~ четвертая сторонка обложки bank-note ~ покрытие банкнот blanket ~ общее страхование blanket ~ полный перечень рисков, охватываемых страховым полисом ~ охватывать;
относиться (к чему-л.) ;
the book covers the whole subject книга дает исчерпывающие сведения по всему предмету cash ~ денежное покрытие ~ разрешать, предусматривать;
the circumstances are covered by this clause обстоятельства предусмотрены этим пунктом ~ расстилаться;
распространяться;
the city covers ten square miles город занимает десять квадратных миль cost escalation ~ покрытие роста издержек cover = cover-point ~ ком. гарантийный фонд ~ гарантийный фонд ~ гарантировать ~ давать материал, отчет( для прессы) ~ закрывать;
покрывать;
накрывать;
прикрывать;
перекрывать;
to cover a wall with paper оклеивать стену обоями ~ конверт;
under the same cover в том же конверте ~ конверт ~ (по) крышка;
обертка;
чехол;
покрывало;
футляр, колпак ~ обеспечение ~ обеспечивать покрытие ~ обеспечить покрытие (денежное) ~ обложка, переплет, крышка переплета;
to read from cover to cover прочесть от корки до корки (о книге) ~ полигр. обложка ~ обшивка ~ относиться (к чему-л.) ~ охватывать;
относиться (к чему-л.) ;
the book covers the whole subject книга дает исчерпывающие сведения по всему предмету ~ охватывать ~ полигр. переплет ~ перечень рисков, охватываемых страховым полисом ~ покров;
under cover of darkness под покровом темноты ~ покрывать (кобылу и т. п.) ~ покрывать ~ покрытие ~ покрытие (денежное) ~ покупка ценных бумаг при сделках на срок ~ преодолевать, проходить (какое-л. расстояние) ;
спорт. пройти (дистанцию) ~ прибор (обеденный) ~ принимать на страх ~ разрешать, предусматривать;
the circumstances are covered by this clause обстоятельства предусмотрены этим пунктом ~ распространяться ~ расстилаться;
распространяться;
the city covers ten square miles город занимает десять квадратных миль ~ сидеть (на яйцах) ~ скрывать;
to cover one's confusion (annoyance) чтобы скрыть (или не показать) свое смущение( досаду) ~ страхование ~ страховать ~ убежище, укрытие;
прикрытие;
заслон;
under cover в укрытии, под защитой ;
to take cover укрыться ~ укрывать, ограждать, защищать;
he covered his friend from the blow with his own body он своим телом закрыл друга от удара ~ уплата( по счету, векселю) ~ целиться( из ружья и т. п.) ;
держать под угрозой ~ ширма;
предлог;
отговорка;
личина, маска;
under cover of friendship под личиной дружбы ~ закрывать;
покрывать;
накрывать;
прикрывать;
перекрывать;
to cover a wall with paper оклеивать стену обоями ~ for losses покрытие убытков ~ girl хорошенькая девушка, изображение которой помещают на обложке журнала;
журнальная красотка ~ in забросать землей( могилу) ~ in закрыть ~ of loss покрытие убытков ~ of loss покрытие ущерба ~ on death сумма страхового возмещения при смертельном исходе ~ скрывать;
to cover one's confusion (annoyance) чтобы скрыть (или не показать) свое смущение (досаду) to ~ one's face with one's hands закрыть лицо руками to ~ the retreat прикрывать отступление;
to cover one's tracks заметать свои следы ~ over скрыть, прикрыть to ~ the retreat прикрывать отступление;
to cover one's tracks заметать свои следы ~ up прятать ~ up спрятать, тщательно прикрыть cover = cover-point cover-point: cover-point спорт. защитник( в крикете) ~ спорт. место защитника (в крикете) demand for ~ требование покрытия depot under ~ хранилище под крышей dust ~ полигр. суперобложка exchange rate risk ~ страхование от риска изменения валютного курса exchange risk ~ страхование от валютного риска extended ~ расширенное страхование forward ~ бирж. срочное покрытие forward ~ бирж. форвардное покрытие front ~ первая сторонка обложки front ~ передняя часть обложки full ~ полное покрытие ~ укрывать, ограждать, защищать;
he covered his friend from the blow with his own body он своим телом закрыл друга от удара inside back ~ третья сторонка обложки inside front ~ вторая сторонка обложки insurance ~ объем страховой ответственности interest ~ обеспечение выплаты процентов liability insurance ~ риски, охватываемые страхованием гражданской ответственности margin ~ бирж. покрытие маржи master ~ суперобложка maximum ~ максимальный объем страховой ответственности minimum ~ минимальное покрытие molded ~ формованная накладка open ~ генеральный полис open ~ открытый полис primary ~ первичное страхование provide forward ~ бирж. предоставлять срочное обеспечение provide forward ~ бирж. предоставлять форвардное обеспечение ~ обложка, переплет, крышка переплета;
to read from cover to cover прочесть от корки до корки (о книге) reinsurance ~ объем ответственности при перестраховании reserve fund ~ покрытие резервного фонда risk ~ перечень рисков, охватываемых страховым полисом subsequent ~ последующая уплата по счету surplus ~ избыточное покрытие ~ убежище, укрытие;
прикрытие;
заслон;
under cover в укрытии, под защитой ;
to take cover укрыться ~ убежище, укрытие;
прикрытие;
заслон;
under cover в укрытии, под защитой ;
to take cover укрыться under: ~ heavy penalty под страхом сурового наказания;
under the necessity( of smth.) под давлением( каких-л.) обстоятельств;
under cover под прикрытием ~ покров;
under cover of darkness под покровом темноты ~ ширма;
предлог;
отговорка;
личина, маска;
under cover of friendship под личиной дружбы ~ конверт;
under the same cover в том же конверте vegetative ~ растительный покров vertex ~ вершинное покрытие -
9 Introduction
Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.LAND AND PEOPLEThe Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into theAtlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)1864 4,287,000 first census1890 5,049,7001900 5,423,0001911 5,960,0001930 6,826,0001940 7,185,1431950 8,510,0001960 8,889,0001970 8,668,000* note decrease1980 9,833,0001991 9,862,5401996 9,934,1002006 10,642,8362010 10,710,000 (estimated) -
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Atlantic archipelago of nine islands: Terceira, São Miguel, Santa Maria, Corvo, Graciosa, São Jorge, Faial, Pico, and Flores. This autonomous region of Portugal is 9,365 square kilometers (5,821 square miles) in area. First settled in the 1420s by Portuguese and Flemish colonists, the economy of the archipelago passed through various phases. The Azores' main crops in four phases were, in the 15th and 16th centuries, wheat and sugar; in the 17th century, woods; in the 18th and 19th centuries, oranges; and in the 20th century, cattle, dairy products, tobacco, and pineapples.Their location some 1,448 kilometers (900 miles) west of Portugal and over 1,769 kilometers (1,100 miles) from the eastern coast of the United States, and on major sea and trade routes, influenced the islands' development. Major themes of their history are isolation, North American influence, neglect by Portugal, and emigration to North America. As of the 19th century, large numbers of Azoreans immigrated to the United States. By the last quarter of the 20th century, statistics suggested, more people of Azorean descent lived in North America than inhabited the still sparely settled islands. Since World War I, when the U.S. Navy maintained a base at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island, the Azores' society and economy have been influenced by foreign military base activity. In World War II (1943), British forces used an air base (Lajes) on Terceira island, under an agreement with Portugal, and thereafter the United States made a similar arrangement at Santa Maria. From 1951 on, the U.S. administered an air base at Lajes, Terceira, under North Atlantic Treaty Organization auspices. With that, American assistance and military base funds have played an important role in the archipelago's still largely unindustrialized economy.Since the 1960s, several Azorean independence movements have emerged, as well as other groups that advocate that the islands become part of the United States. Such movements have been encouraged by the islands' isolation, a troubled economy, and the fact that Portugal has never made developing the islands a major priority. After the fall of the dictatorship in 1974, the democratic Portugal organized new efforts to assist the Azores and, in the 1976 Constitution, the Azores were declared an autonomous region of Portugal with greater rights of self-government and management. In the 1990s, emigration from the Azores to both the United States and Canada continued, although not at the pace of earlier periods. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of overseas Portuguese from the Azores Islands resided in the eastern United States, California, and Canada. -
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'eəriə1) (the extent or size of a flat surface: This garden is twelve square metres in area.) área, superficie2) (a place; part (of a town etc): Do you live in this area?) zonaarea n1. área / superficie2. zona / región
área feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular area; área chica or pequeña goal area; área de servicio service area, services (pl)
área sustantivo femenino
1 (espacio delimitado) area
área de servicio, service area
2 (medida de superficie) hundred square metres
3 (deportes) la falta se produjo dentro del área, the foul was committed inside the penalty area ' área' also found in these entries: Spanish: alrededor - anticiclón - antinuclear - arrabal - arrasar - barriada - barrio - borrasca - cabaña - capítulo - castigo - circunscribirse - comisionada - comisionado - concurrida - concurrido - construcción - cuenca - deprimida - deprimido - desarrollo - expandir - expolio - extensión - franca - franco - francófona - francófono - huerta - inmediaciones - interfluvio - latitud - milimétrica - milimétrico - órbita - parcela - poblada - poblado - polígono - prefijo - propia - propio - radio - rellano - sector - superficie - tendedero - trascender - triangular - vasta English: area - area code - belt - danger area - demonstrate - disaster area - enter - extent - grey area - industrial area - lay-by - mark out - metropolitan - penalty area - penalty box - province - restricted - service area - unemployment - well-known - bay - brief - built - canvass - catchment area - center - central - comb - constituency - country - cover - depot - depressed - develop - development - diverse - division - enclose - enlarge - extensive - field - fringe - incoming - living - moor - narrow - neighborhood - nice - out - overtr['eərɪə]1 (extent) área, superficie nombre femenino3 (field) campoarea ['æriə] n1) surface: área f, superficie f2) region: área f, región f, zona f3) field: área f, terreno m, campo m (de conocimiento)n.• latitud s.f.• patio s.m.• recinto s.m.• región s.f.• superficie s.f.• zona (Telefónico) s.f.• ámbito s.m.• área (Matemática) s.f.'eriə, 'eəriə1)a) ( geographical) zona f, área f‡, región fin the New York area — en la zona or el área de Nueva York; (before n) < manager> regional
b) ( urban) zona f2) (part of room, building) zona f3) (expanse, patch)the shaded area represents... — el área sombreada representa...
the wreckage was scattered over a wide area — los restos del siniestro quedaron esparcidos sobre une extensa zona
4) ( Math) superficie f, área f‡; (of room, land) superficie f5) (field, sphere) terreno m; ( of knowledge) campo m, terreno mto identify problem areas — identificar* problemas
6) ( Sport) ( penalty area) área f‡ (de castigo)['ɛǝrɪǝ]1. N1) (=surface measure) superficie f, extensión f, área fsurfacethe lake is 130 square miles in area — el lago tiene 130 millas cuadradas de superficie or de extensión, el lago se extiende sobre una superficie or área de 130 millas cuadradas
2) (=region) [of country] zona f, región f ; [of city] zona f ; (Admin, Pol) zona f, área fin mountainous areas of Europe and Asia — en las zonas or regiones montañosas de Europa y Asia
catchment, disaster, sterlingthe London area — la zona or el área de Londres
3) (=extent, patch) zona fwhen applying the cream avoid the area around the eyes — evite aplicarse la crema en la zona que rodea los ojos
4) (=space) zona f•
smoking areas are provided — se han habilitado zonas para fumadores6) (Brit) (=basement courtyard) patio m7) (=sphere) [of knowledge] campo m, terreno m ; [of responsibility] esfera farea of study — campo m de estudio
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one of the problem areas is lax security — una cuestión problemática es la falta de seguridad2.CPDarea code N — (US) (Telec) prefijo m (local), código m territorial
area manager N — jefe(-a) m / f de zona
area office N — oficina f regional
area representative N — representante mf de zona
* * *['eriə, 'eəriə]1)a) ( geographical) zona f, área f‡, región fin the New York area — en la zona or el área de Nueva York; (before n) < manager> regional
b) ( urban) zona f2) (part of room, building) zona f3) (expanse, patch)the shaded area represents... — el área sombreada representa...
the wreckage was scattered over a wide area — los restos del siniestro quedaron esparcidos sobre une extensa zona
4) ( Math) superficie f, área f‡; (of room, land) superficie f5) (field, sphere) terreno m; ( of knowledge) campo m, terreno mto identify problem areas — identificar* problemas
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An autonomous region of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean that consists of the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and several smaller isles. The capital of the archipelago is Funchal on Madeira Island. The islands have a total area of 496 square kilometers (308 square miles) and are located about 1,126 kilometers (700 miles) southwest of Lisbon. Discovered uninhabited by Portuguese navigators between 1419 and 1425, but probably seen earlier by Italian navigators, the Madeiras were so named because of the extensive forests found on the islands' volcanic hills and mountains (the name Madeiras means wood or timber). Prince Henry of Aviz (Prince Henry the Navigator) was first responsible for the settlement and early colonization of these islands.The Madeiran economy was soon dominated by sugar plantations, which were begun when the Portuguese transplanted sugar plants from the Mediterranean. In the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, Madeira was worked largely by black African slaves brought from West Africa, and the islands produced sugar, cereals, and wine. Eventually the islands' fortunes were governed by a new kind of wine called "Madeira," developed in the 17th century. Madeira was produced using a heating process, and became famous as a sweet, fortified dessert wine popular both in Great Britain and in British North America. It was a favorite drink of America's Thomas Jefferson. The Madeira wine business was developed largely under British influence, management, and capital, although the labor was supplied by African slaves and Portuguese settlers. Two other main staples of these islands' economy were initially developed due to the initiatives of British residents as well. In the 18th century, Madeira became an early tourist attraction and health spa for Britain, and the islands' tourist facilities began to be developed. It was a British woman resident in the 19th century who introduced the idea of the Madeiran embroidered lace industry, an industry that sends its fine products not only to Portugal but all over the world.Since the 1950s, with new international airline connections with Britain and Portugal, the Madeiras have become a popular tourist destination and, along with Madeira wine, tourism became a major foreign exchange earner. Among European and British visitors especially, Madeira Island has attracted visitors who like flower and garden tours, challenging mountain walks, and water sports. Over the last century, a significant amount of Madeiran emigration has occurred, principally to the United States (California and Hawaii being the favored residential states), the Caribbean, and, more recently, South Africa. Since 1976, the Madeiras have been, like the Azores Islands, an autonomous region of Portugal.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Madeira Islands, Archipelago of
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[ˈkʌvə]additional premium for short-term cover дополнительная страховая премия за краткосрочное покрытие рисков advance cover авансовое покрытие all risks cover покрытие всех рисков back cover четвертая сторонка обложки bank-note cover покрытие банкнот blanket cover общее страхование blanket cover полный перечень рисков, охватываемых страховым полисом cover охватывать; относиться (к чему-л.); the book covers the whole subject книга дает исчерпывающие сведения по всему предмету cash cover денежное покрытие cover разрешать, предусматривать; the circumstances are covered by this clause обстоятельства предусмотрены этим пунктом cover расстилаться; распространяться; the city covers ten square miles город занимает десять квадратных миль cost escalation cover покрытие роста издержек cover = cover-point cover ком. гарантийный фонд cover гарантийный фонд cover гарантировать cover давать материал, отчет (для прессы) cover закрывать; покрывать; накрывать; прикрывать; перекрывать; to cover a wall with paper оклеивать стену обоями cover конверт; under the same cover в том же конверте cover конверт cover (по)крышка; обертка; чехол; покрывало; футляр, колпак cover обеспечение cover обеспечивать покрытие cover обеспечить покрытие (денежное) cover обложка, переплет, крышка переплета; to read from cover to cover прочесть от корки до корки (о книге) cover полигр. обложка cover обшивка cover относиться (к чему-л.) cover охватывать; относиться (к чему-л.); the book covers the whole subject книга дает исчерпывающие сведения по всему предмету cover охватывать cover полигр. переплет cover перечень рисков, охватываемых страховым полисом cover покров; under cover of darkness под покровом темноты cover покрывать (кобылу и т. п.) cover покрывать cover покрытие cover покрытие (денежное) cover покупка ценных бумаг при сделках на срок cover преодолевать, проходить (какое-л. расстояние); спорт. пройти (дистанцию) cover прибор (обеденный) cover принимать на страх cover разрешать, предусматривать; the circumstances are covered by this clause обстоятельства предусмотрены этим пунктом cover распространяться cover расстилаться; распространяться; the city covers ten square miles город занимает десять квадратных миль cover сидеть (на яйцах) cover скрывать; to cover one's confusion (annoyance) чтобы скрыть (или не показать) свое смущение (досаду) cover страхование cover страховать cover убежище, укрытие; прикрытие; заслон; under cover в укрытии, под защитой ; to take cover укрыться cover укрывать, ограждать, защищать; he covered his friend from the blow with his own body он своим телом закрыл друга от удара cover уплата (по счету, векселю) cover целиться (из ружья и т. п.); держать под угрозой cover ширма; предлог; отговорка; личина, маска; under cover of friendship под личиной дружбы cover закрывать; покрывать; накрывать; прикрывать; перекрывать; to cover a wall with paper оклеивать стену обоями cover for losses покрытие убытков cover girl хорошенькая девушка, изображение которой помещают на обложке журнала; журнальная красотка cover in забросать землей (могилу) cover in закрыть cover of loss покрытие убытков cover of loss покрытие ущерба cover on death сумма страхового возмещения при смертельном исходе cover скрывать; to cover one's confusion (annoyance) чтобы скрыть (или не показать) свое смущение (досаду) to cover one's face with one's hands закрыть лицо руками to cover the retreat прикрывать отступление; to cover one's tracks заметать свои следы cover over скрыть, прикрыть to cover the retreat прикрывать отступление; to cover one's tracks заметать свои следы cover up прятать cover up спрятать, тщательно прикрыть cover = cover-point cover-point: cover-point спорт. защитник (в крикете) cover спорт. место защитника (в крикете) demand for cover требование покрытия depot under cover хранилище под крышей dust cover полигр. суперобложка exchange rate risk cover страхование от риска изменения валютного курса exchange risk cover страхование от валютного риска extended cover расширенное страхование forward cover бирж. срочное покрытие forward cover бирж. форвардное покрытие front cover первая сторонка обложки front cover передняя часть обложки full cover полное покрытие cover укрывать, ограждать, защищать; he covered his friend from the blow with his own body он своим телом закрыл друга от удара inside back cover третья сторонка обложки inside front cover вторая сторонка обложки insurance cover объем страховой ответственности interest cover обеспечение выплаты процентов liability insurance cover риски, охватываемые страхованием гражданской ответственности margin cover бирж. покрытие маржи master cover суперобложка maximum cover максимальный объем страховой ответственности minimum cover минимальное покрытие molded cover формованная накладка open cover генеральный полис open cover открытый полис primary cover первичное страхование provide forward cover бирж. предоставлять срочное обеспечение provide forward cover бирж. предоставлять форвардное обеспечение cover обложка, переплет, крышка переплета; to read from cover to cover прочесть от корки до корки (о книге) reinsurance cover объем ответственности при перестраховании reserve fund cover покрытие резервного фонда risk cover перечень рисков, охватываемых страховым полисом subsequent cover последующая уплата по счету surplus cover избыточное покрытие cover убежище, укрытие; прикрытие; заслон; under cover в укрытии, под защитой ; to take cover укрыться cover убежище, укрытие; прикрытие; заслон; under cover в укрытии, под защитой ; to take cover укрыться under: cover heavy penalty под страхом сурового наказания; under the necessity (of smth.) под давлением (каких-л.) обстоятельств; under cover под прикрытием cover покров; under cover of darkness под покровом темноты cover ширма; предлог; отговорка; личина, маска; under cover of friendship под личиной дружбы cover конверт; under the same cover в том же конверте vegetative cover растительный покров vertex cover вершинное покрытие -
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noun1) (surface measure) Flächenausdehnung, die2) (region) Gelände, das; (of wood, marsh, desert) Gebiet, das; (of city, country) Gegend, die; (of skin, wall, etc.) Stelle, diein the Hamburg area — im Hamburger Raum
parking/picnic area — Park-/Picknickplatz, der
no-smoking area — Nichtraucherzone, die
4) (subject field) Gebiet, das5) (scope) Raum, der* * *['eəriə]1) (the extent or size of a flat surface: This garden is twelve square metres in area.) die Fläche* * *[ˈeəriə, AM ˈeri-]n\area of activity Tätigkeitsgebiet nt, Tätigkeitsfeld nt\area of the brain Hirnregion f\area of coverage Reichweite fdanger \area Gefahrenzone f\area of the lung Lungenbereich m\area of responsibility Aufgabengebiet nttesting \area Testgelände nt2. COMMcommercial \area Gewerbegebiet ntdollar/sterling \area Dollar-/Sterlingzone f\area of competence/knowledge Wissensgebiet nt\area of a circle Kreisfläche f50 square kilometres in \area eine Fläche von 50 km²6. (approximately)▪ in the \area of... ungefähr...in the \area of £200 etwa 200 Pfund* * *['ɛərɪə]n1) (measure) Fläche f2) (= region, district) Gebiet nt; (= neighbourhood, vicinity) Gegend f; (separated off, piece of ground etc) Areal nt, Gelände nt; (on plan, diagram etc) Bereich m; (= slum area, residential area, commercial area) Viertel nt, Gebiet ntthis is not a very nice area to live in — dies ist keine besonders gute Wohngegend
do you live in the area? —
the thief is believed to be still in the area — man nimmt an, dass sich der Dieb noch in der Umgebung aufhält
in the London area — im Raum London, im Londoner Raum
protected/prohibited/industrial area — Schutz-/Sperr-/Industriegebiet nt
drying/dispatch area — Trocken-/Verteilerzone f
dining/sleeping area — Ess-/Schlafbereich or -platz m
no smoking/recreation area — Nichtraucher-/Erholungszone
the ( penalty) area ( esp Brit Ftbl ) — der Strafraum
this area is for directors' cars —
you must keep out of this area — dieses Gebiet darf nicht betreten werden
the public were told to keep well away from the area — die Öffentlichkeit wurde aufgefordert, das Gebiet unbedingt zu meiden
a wooded area — ein Waldstück nt; (larger) ein Waldgebiet nt
the infected areas of the lungs — die befallenen Teile or (smaller)
the patchy areas on the wall — die fleckigen Stellen an der Wand
the additional message area on an air letter — der Raum für zusätzliche Mitteilungen auf einem Luftpostbrief
areas of uncertainty/agreement — Bereiche, in denen Unklarheit/Übereinstimmung besteht
area of interest/study — Interessen-/Studiengebiet nt
a sum in the area of £100 — eine Summe um die £ 100
4) (Brit: basement courtyard) Vorplatz m* * *area [ˈeərıə] s1. (begrenzte) Fläche, Flächenraum m, Boden-, Grundfläche f:what is the area of …? wie groß ist …?;a flat 75 square metres in area eine 75m2 große Wohnung;the island is about 30 square miles in area die Insel hat eine Fläche von ungefähr 30 Quadratmeilenin the Chicago area im Raum (von) Chicago;in the London area in der Londoner Gegend;area of low pressure METEO Tiefdruckgebiet3. (freier) Platz4. Grundstück n5. fig Bereich m, Gebiet n:area of activity Betätigungsfeld n;area of interest Interessengebiet;area of knowledge Wissensgebiet;in the area of auf dem Gebiet (gen);within the area of possibility im Bereich des Möglichen6. MATH Flächeninhalt m, -raum m, (Grund)Fläche f, Inhalt m:area of a circle Kreisfläche7. MATH, PHYS, TECH (Ober)Fläche f:area of contact Begrenzungs-, Berührungsfläche8. ANAT (Gehör-, Seh-, Sprach- etc) Zentrum n9. ARCH lichter Raum10. MIL Abschnitt m, Operationsgebiet n:area bombing Bombenflächenwurf m11. → academic.ru/3547/areaway">areaway* * *noun1) (surface measure) Flächenausdehnung, die2) (region) Gelände, das; (of wood, marsh, desert) Gebiet, das; (of city, country) Gegend, die; (of skin, wall, etc.) Stelle, die3) (defined space) Bereich, derparking/picnic area — Park-/Picknickplatz, der
no-smoking area — Nichtraucherzone, die
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16 spread
spread [spred](verb: preterite, past participle spread)1. nouna. [of fire, disease] propagation f ; [of nuclear weapons] prolifération f ; [of idea, knowledge] diffusion fb. ( = edible paste) pâte f (à tartiner)a. ( = spread out) [+ sheet, map, rug] étendre ( on sth sur qch ) ; [+ wings, sails] déployer ; [+ net] tendre ; [+ fingers, arms] écarterc. ( = distribute) [+ sand] répandre (on, over sur ) ; [+ fertilizer] épandre (over, on sur ) ; ( = spread out) [+ objects, cards] étaler (on sur ) ; [+ soldiers] disposer• there were policemen spread out all over the hillside des policiers étaient postés sur toute la collined. ( = diffuse) [+ disease] propager ; [+ germs] disséminer ; [+ wealth] distribuer ; [+ rumours] faire courir ; [+ news] faire circuler ; [+ knowledge] diffuser ; [+ fear, indignation] semer ; (in time = spread out) [+ payment, studies] étaler ( over sur)• his visits were spread out over three years ses visites se sont étalées sur une période de trois ans• our resources are spread very thinly nous n'avons plus aucune marge dans l'emploi de nos ressources• to spread o.s. too thin trop disperser ses effortsa. ( = widen) [river] s'élargir ; [oil slick, weeds, fire, disease] s'étendre ; [news, rumour] se répandre ; [panic, indignation] se propagerc. [butter, paste] s'étalera. [people, animals] se disperser• spread out! dispersez-vous !b. ( = open out) [wings] se déployer ; [valley] s'élargir* * *[spred] 1.1) ( dissemination) (of disease, drugs) propagation f; (of news, information) diffusion f; (of democracy, infection, weapons) progression fthe spread of something to — l'extension f de quelque chose à [group, area]
2) (extent, range) (of wings, branches) envergure f; ( of arch) portée f; (of products, services) éventail m3) ( in newspaper)double-page spread — page f double
4) Culinary pâte f à tartiner5) ( assortment of dishes) festin m6) US Agriculture grand ranch m2.transitive verb (prét, pp spread)1) ( unfold) étendre [cloth, map, rug]; ( lay out) étaler [cloth, newspaper, map]; ( put) mettre [cloth, newspaper]; [bird] déployer [wings]to spread a cloth on the table — mettre une nappe sur la table; wing
2) ( apply in layer) étaler [butter, jam, glue]3) ( distribute over area) disperser [forces, troops]; étaler [cards, documents]; épandre [fertilizer]; répartir [workload, responsibility]to spread grit ou sand — sabler
4) (also spread out) ( space out) étaler, échelonner [payments, meetings, cost] ( over sur)5) (diffuse, cause to proliferate) propager [disease, fire]; semer [confusion, panic]; faire circuler [rumour, story, lie]3.to spread something to somebody — transmettre [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [infection, news]
intransitive verb (prét, pp spread)1) [butter, glue] s'étaler2) (cover area or time, extend) [forest, drought, network] s'étendre ( over sur); [experience, training] s'étendre ( over sur)3) ( proliferate) [disease, fear, fire] se propager; [rumour, story] circuler; [stain] s'étalerto spread to — [fire, disease, strike] s'étendre à, gagner [building, region]
•Phrasal Verbs:••to spread oneself too thin — fig faire trop de choses à la fois
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17 Angola
(and Enclave of Cabinda)From 1575 to 1975, Angola was a colony of Portugal. Located in west-central Africa, this colony has been one of the largest, most strategically located, and richest in mineral and agricultural resources in the continent. At first, Portugal's colonial impact was largely coastal, but after 1700 it became more active in the interior. By international treaties signed between 1885 and 1906, Angola's frontiers with what are now Zaire and Zambia were established. The colony's area was 1,246,700 square kilometers (481,000 square miles), Portugal's largest colonial territory after the independence of Brazil. In Portugal's third empire, Angola was the colony with the greatest potential.The Atlantic slave trade had a massive impact on the history, society, economy, and demography of Angola. For centuries, Angola's population played a subordinate role in the economy of Portugal's Brazil-centered empire. Angola's population losses to the slave trade were among the highest in Africa, and its economy became, to a large extent, hostage to the Brazilian plantation-based economic system. Even after Brazil's independence in 1822, Brazilian economic interests and capitalists were influential in Angola; it was only after Brazil banned the slave trade in 1850 that the heavy slave traffic to former Portuguese America began to wind down. Although slavery in Angola was abolished, in theory, in the 1870s, it continued in various forms, and it was not until the early 1960s that its offspring, forced labor, was finally ended.Portugal's economic exploitation of Angola went through different stages. During the era of the Atlantic slave trade (ca. 1575-1850), when many of Angola's slaves were shipped to Brazil, Angola's economy was subordinated to Brazil's and to Portugal's. Ambitious Lisbon-inspired projects followed when Portugal attempted to replace the illegal slave trade, long the principal income source for the government of Angola, with legitimate trade, mining, and agriculture. The main exports were dyes, copper, rubber, coffee, cotton, and sisal. In the 1940s and 1950s, petroleum emerged as an export with real potential. Due to the demand of the World War II belligerents for Angola's raw materials, the economy experienced an impetus, and soon other articles such as diamonds, iron ore, and manganese found new customers. Angola's economy, on an unprecedented scale, showed significant development, which was encouraged by Lisbon. Portugal's colonization schemes, sending white settlers to farm in Angola, began in earnest after 1945, although such plans had been nearly a century in the making. Angola's white population grew from about 40,000 in 1940 to nearly 330,000 settlers in 1974, when the military coup occurred in Portugal.In the early months of 1961, a war of African insurgency broke out in northern Angola. Portugal dispatched armed forces to suppress resistance, and the African insurgents were confined to areas on the borders of northern and eastern Angola at least until the 1966-67 period. The 13-year colonial war had a telling impact on both Angola and Portugal. When the Armed Forces Movement overthrew the Estado Novo on 25 April 1974, the war in Angola had reached a stalemate and the major African nationalist parties (MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA) had made only modest inroads in the northern fringes and in central and eastern Angola, while there was no armed activity in the main cities and towns.After a truce was called between Portugal and the three African parties, negotiations began to organize the decolonizat ion process. Despite difficult maneuvering among the parties, Portugal, the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA signed the Alvor Agreement of January 1975, whereby Portugal would oversee a transition government, create an all-Angola army, and supervise national elections to be held in November 1975. With the outbreak of a bloody civil war among the three African parties and their armies, the Alvor Agreement could not be put into effect. Fighting raged between March and November 1975. Unable to prevent the civil war or to insist that free elections be held, Portugal's officials and armed forces withdrew on 11 November 1975. Rather than handing over power to one party, they transmitted sovereignty to the people of Angola. Angola's civil war continued into the 21st century. -
18 Cape Verde Islands, Archipelago Of The
Consisting of 10 main islands (Santiago, Maio, Boa Vista, Sal, Fogo, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Brava, Santo Antão, and Santa Luzia), the archipelago was sighted first by a Venetian navigator in Portuguese service, Alvise de Cá da Mosto, in the late 1450s. The islands' area is about 4,030 square kilometers (1,557 square miles). Prince Henry the Navigator gave the task of colonizing the islands to the Genovese António da Noli. Actual settlement began only in 1463, under King Afonso V. Captain-Donataries were granted charters to colonize and, in 1550, the city of Praia was established on the island of Santiago and became a principal center of activity. Slaves from West Africa were brought to work the islands' plantations, and millet and coconut trees were introduced as staple foods. Following attacks on the islands by French pirates, Portugal created the post of governor of Cape Verde in 1592. Until the middle of the 18th century and the reign of King José I, these islands were governed by the private captaincies. Thereafter, they were ruled directly by the king's representatives.Due to their geography, topography, and climate, the Cape Verde Islands lack good soil for agriculture or minerals and frequently suffer long, periodic droughts. The result of this, and until recently sparse Portuguese investment, has been that the islands have one of the poorest economies in the world. Emigration to work abroad has often been the only alternative for survival. As a result, large overseas communities of Cape Verdeans reside and work in the United States (especially in the eastern states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts) and in Portugal. In July 1975, Portugal granted independence to the Cape Verde Islands, now a republic.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Cape Verde Islands, Archipelago Of The
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19 East Timor
Colony of Portugal from the 16th century to December 1975, with an area of 40,000 square kilometers (18,989 square miles). East Timor is located on the eastern portion of the island of Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. From 1975 to August 1999, when it was forcibly annexed and occupied by Indonesia, until May 2002, when it achieved full independence, East Timor was, in effect, a ward of the United Nations.In the 16th century, the Portuguese established trading posts on the island, but for centuries few Portuguese settled there, and the "colony" remained isolated and neglected. After the Dutch won control of Indonesia, there was a territorial dispute with Portugal as to who "owned" what on the island of Timor. In 1859, this question was decided as the Dutch and Portuguese governments formally divided the island into a Dutch portion (west) and the Portuguese colony (east) and established the frontier. From the late 19th century to World War I, Portugal consolidated its control of East Timor by means of military campaigns against the Timorese tribes. In addition to colonial officials, a few Portuguese missionaries and merchants occupied East Timor, but few Portuguese ever settled there.East Timor's geographic location close to the north coast of Australia and its sharing of one island in the Dutch colony catapulted it into world affairs early in World War II. To forestall a Japanese invasion of Timor, a joint Dutch-Australian expedition landed on 17 December 1941; the Portuguese authorities neither resisted nor cooperated. In February 1942, when Japanese troops landed in Timor, the small allied force fled to the hills and later was evacuated to Australia. Japan occupied all of Timor and the remainder of the Dutch East Indies until Japan's surrender in September 1945. Portugal soon reassumed control.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, East Timorese nationalist parties hoped for rapid decolonization and independence with Lisbon's cooperation. But on 28 November 1975, before a preoccupied Portugal could work out a formal transfer of power, the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), then in control of the former colony's capital, declared independence, and, on 7 December 1975, Indonesian armed forces swiftly invaded, occupied, and annexed East Timor. In the following years, a tragic loss of life occurred. Portugal refused to recognize Indonesia's sovereignty over East Timor and claimed legal sovereignty before the United Nations.As Indonesia persistently and brutally suppressed Timorese nationalist resistance, world media attention focused on this still remote island. Several sensational international and Indonesian events altered the status of occupied East Timor, following the continuation of FRETILIN guerrilla resistance. In November 1991, world media disseminated information on the Indonesian forces' slaughter of East Timorese protesters at a cemetery demonstration in the capital of Dili. In 1996, two East Timorese, Bishop Belo and José Ramos Horta, each a symbol of East Timorese resistance and the desire for independence, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Then, in 1998, in Indonesia, the Suharto regime collapsed and was replaced by a more democratic government, which in January 1999 pledged a free referendum in East Timor. On 30 August 1999, the referendum was held, and nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese voters voted for independence from Indonesia.However, Indonesian armed forces and militias reacted brutally, using intimidation, murder, mayhem, and razing of buildings to try to reverse the people's will. Following some weeks of confusion, a United Nations (UN) armed forces, led by Australia, took control of East Timor and declared it a UN protectorate, to last until East Timor was secure from Indonesian aggression and prepared for full independence. East Timor had changed from a Portuguese colony to an Indonesian protectorate/colony to a fledgling nation-in-the-making.The status of East Timor as a ward of the UN was made official on 25 October 1999, as the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor began to prepare the country for independence. Appalling conditions prevailed: 70 percent of the country's buildings had been destroyed and nearly half of the population of 800,000 had been driven out of East Timor into uneasy refuge in West Timor, under Indonesian control. A territory without an economy, East Timor lacked police, civil servants, schools, and government records.With UN assistance, general elections were held in the spring of 2002; the majority of parliamentary seats were won by FRETILIN, and José "Xanana" Gusmão was elected the first president. On 20 May 2002, East Timor became independent. World luminaries adorned the independence celebrations: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and other celebrities attended. But East Timor's travails continued with civil strife and uncertainty. -
20 Guinea-Bissau
Former West African colony of Portugal until its independence in September 1974, Guinea-Bissau (not to be confused with Guinea-Conakry, its neighbor to the east and south) was the scene of Portuguese activity, at least on the coast, since the mid-l5th century. Its area is about 22,256 square kilometers (14,000 square miles). Portugal established a few forts and trading posts on the coast of what became Guinea-Bissau, and the slave trade became the major economic activity until the mid l9th century. Portugal's coastal presence was not expanded to the tropical interior until the 19th century, when Lisbon supported various so-called "pacification" campaigns. African resistance continued, however, to 1936.With the formation of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAICG), the principal nationalist movement, in 1956, African resistance increased. Between 1963 and 1974, a war of insurgency against Portuguese colonial rule was fought in the country. Unlike Portugal's territories in southern Africa— Angola and Mozambique — Guinea-Bissau did not have Portuguese settlement of any consequence, and the major private company that dominated the territory's economy (Companhia União Fabril) withdrew most of its assets by 1972. An important part of the alienation and radicalization of the Armed Forces Movement's officers took place in the grueling bush war in Guinea-Bissau. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal granted independence to this colony.
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