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almeida, francisco de

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Al·mei·da   (äl-mā'də)   
Portuguese colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of the Portuguese possessions in India (1505-1509).
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Almeida, Francisco de

soldier, explorer, and the first viceroy of Portuguese India.

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