Camoëns
Lu·is Vaz de [loo-eeshvahzh duh], /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/, 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- Also Ca·mões [kuh-moinsh]. /kəˈmɔ̃ɪ̃ʃ/.
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How to use Camoëns in a sentence
In this and other descriptions of Nature Camoëns shows more of the scientific spirit than any other poet of his time.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerA similar instance of posthumous coronation is mentioned in Camoëns' "Lusiad," canto iii.
If you would know Portugal in her great age of discovery and conquest and national expansion, read the “Lusiads” of Camoëns.
A Manual of the Art of Fiction | Clayton HamiltonIf you would know Portugal in her great age of discovery and conquest and national expansion, read the "Lusiads" of Camoëns.
Materials and Methods of Fiction | Clayton Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for Camoëns
Cames (Portuguese kaˈmõiʃ)
/ (ˈkæməʊˌɛns) /
Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572).
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