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  • adjective Of or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro in northeastern corner of Portugal.
  • proper noun An endangered Romance language spoken in the northeastern corner of Portugal, principally in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro and Vimioso.

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  • Languages: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    Portugal 2008

  • PortugalPortuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    Languages 2008

  • Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Because written Mirandese resembles Spanish and Portuguese, I could at least catch the drift of the stories and essays in the journal - some of which were clearly personal and others which seemed to be recounting folk tales told by family or neighbors - stories of hens and monsters and shepherds and religion.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH KUGEL 2012

  • History lent a poignant note to the texts: Mirandese had been forbidden under the Portuguse dictator António de Oliveira Salazar who ruled from 1932 to 1968; many of the students' parents had not learned to speak Mirandese, let alone write it.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH KUGEL 2012

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