Mirandese

adj, name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro in the northeastern corner of Portugal.

    "Toward evening a Mirandese came in: he was a man of about fifty, a politician, bright and talkative, and so I left the carabineros to join him."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An endangered Romance language spoken in the northeastern corner of Portugal, principally in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro and Vimioso.

    "My example is taken from the Portuguese dialect of Mirandese, more specifically Mirandese as spoken in the area of Sendim[…]"

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"I've never thought about studying Mirandese."

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