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Mafra
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mafra
English
Etymology
en pt Mafra.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en Q986419 en town/and/municipality district:pref/Lisboa c/Portugal, known for the Palace of Mafra.
en Edwin Williamson The Penguin history of Latin America 1992 Penguin Books London; New York 978-0-14-012559-7 73 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140125597/page/73/mode/1up The discovery of gold in Brazil fired the religious fervour of John V (1706-50) to heights of gorgeous, archaic extravagance, immortalized in the monastery-palace of Mafra, which was built as a rival to the Escorial and Versailles by a huge army of draft labour over eighteen years.
en Q1020414 en municipality s/Santa Catarina c/Brazil.
Further reading
Mafra, Portugal
Mafra, Santa Catarina
Portuguese
pt:
Pronunciation
pt pt-pt Mafra FF.ogg Portugal
pt afɾɐ 2
pt Ma fra
pt mafra
Etymology 1
pt
Proper noun
f mafrense
pt Mafra Q986419
Etymology 2
pt Q10324596.
Proper noun
f mafrense
pt Mafra Q1020414
Usage notes