Camoëns

Ca·mões

 (kə-moiNsh′) also Ca·mo·ëns (kăm′ō-ənz, kə-mō′-), Luiz Vaz de 1524?-1580.
Portuguese writer best known for Os Lusíadas (1572), an epic describing his nation's rise from obscurity to greatness.
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Camoëns

(ˈkæməʊˌɛns) or

Camões

n
(Biography) Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)
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Cam•o•ëns

(ˈkæm oʊˌɛns)

also Ca•mões

(kəˈmɔ̃ɪ̃ʃ)

n.
Luis Vaz de (vɑʒ) 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
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