lingua geral

[ zhuh-rahl ]
noun(often initial capital letters)

  1. a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.

Origin of lingua geral

1
1855–60; <Portuguese: general language

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How to use lingua geral in a sentence

  • Don José, turning to the natives, addressed them in the lingua geral, which they all probably understood.

    On the Banks of the Amazon | W.H.G. Kingston

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