Portuguese Republic (Noun)
Meaning
A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil).
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The Portuguese Republic is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula and borders Spain to its east and north.
- Following the Carnation Revolution of 1974 a left-wing military coup the Portuguese Republic was established.
- Portugal began as a unified kingdom in the twelfth century and resisted attacks by its neighboring kingdom the Kingdom of Castile until finally succumbing and becoming the Spanish Empire under Philip II in 1580 only to be reconquered to become an independent Portuguese Republic.
- The Portuguese Republic has been a part of the European culture for as long as it has been the official government of Portugal.
- With a long established history of colonialism the Portuguese Republic enjoyed a long period of wealth and prosperity as a result of holding control over various colonies through Portuguese explorers and colonists in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.