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) orCamões
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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