Teixeira

//təˈʃɛəɹə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Portuguese.

    "Exiting in the order of their deaths: Senhora Teixeira, holding her unlit torch loose-handed, helping Maria Elena up the stair."

Example

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"Anísio Teixeira was born in Caetité in 1900, and died in Rio de Janeiro in 1971."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira.

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