Portugal
geographical name
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Por·tu·gal
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈpȯr-chi-gəl 
                                                                                                                              
            ˌpür-tü-ˈgäl
                                                      
                                                          
            variants  
 or ancient Lusitania    
    
                                                        ˌlü-sə-ˈtā-nē-ə 
                                                    
        -nyə
            
                                
              
          
                                                      country in southwestern Europe in the western Iberian Peninsula bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; a kingdom before 1910; now a republic; capital Lisbon area (not including the Azores and Madeira) 35,383 square miles (91,642 square kilometers), population 10,355,000                                      
                
                    
see also portuguese
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