Lusitanization
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like. uncountable
"The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful."
- 2 The act or process of becoming Portuguese or more Portuguese-like. uncountable
"The lusitanization of Brazil was accompanied by far higher levels of immigration than occurred in Angola or Mozambique."
Example
More examples"The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful."
Etymology
From lusitanize + -ation, from Lusitanian + ize, ultimately from Latin Lusitania (“pre-Roman and Roman Portugal”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern Portugal. Partially on the model of more common terms such as gallicization and partially as a calque of Portuguese lusitanización, from lusitanizar + -ación, from lusitano (“Lusitanian, Portuguese”) + -izar.
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