• Ilha da Conceição (Portuguese for Conception Island) is an island and one of the 48 administrative districts in which the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro...
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    would finance several voyages to India. Nova originally named it ilha da Conceição (Conception Island). When Afonso de Albuquerque sighted the island...
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    it is an island with 42 beaches, lagoons and waterfalls. Conceição Lagoon (Lagoa da Conceição) is the largest lagoon on the Santa Catarina Island and one...
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    Terras of São Brandão, the Ilhas Aofortunadas (The Fortunate Islands), the Ilha da Brasil (the Island of Brasil), Antília, the Ilhas Azuis (Blue Islands),...
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    miˈɣɛl]; Portuguese for "Saint Michael"), nicknamed "The Green Island" (Ilha Verde), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago...
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    The municipality contains part of the 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres) Serra da Tiririca State Park, created in 1991. "Niterói" is a term of Tupi origin,...
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    Santa Catarina Island (Portuguese: Ilha de Santa Catarina) is an island in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, located off the southern coast. It is...
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    inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019 under the title "Paraty and Ilha Grande". Its Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) is 0.693, according...
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  • assinalar o Dia Nacional dos Cientistas vamos ao encontro de Conceição Bettencourt, natural da ilha Graciosa e atualmente a trabalhar no Reino... | By Açores...
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    (2014). "Geomorfologia da Ilha Mexiana, Arquipélago do Marajó, Nordeste do Pará" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Revista Geonorte. "Ilha de Marajó". Fundação...
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    Ilha de Itamaracá is a tropical island and municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean. Itamaracá means "stone shaker" in Tupi, from the words...
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    municipality of Tavira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Conceição e Cabanas de Tavira. The parish covers an area of approximately 4.2 km2...
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    Itaguaí (redirect from Ilha Guaiba)
    contains several important iron ore loading ports of the world including Ilha Guaiba. Its population was 134,819 in 2020 and its area is 273 km2. The city...
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    of islands of Cape Verde Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 58-59 Wikimedia Commons...
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    Esplanada Goiabal Granja Ilha Gama Cerqueira Ilha do Lazareto Ilha Recreio Jaqueira Jardim Paraíso Morro dos Cabritos Morro da Conceição Morro do Cipó Parada...
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    and earth, under the invocation of Nossa Senhora da Conceição ("Forte de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques" ). In a few years, the first...
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    Pedra Reduto Boca da Barra Campas Tamandaré Carneiros Porto Mamucabinhas Gravatá Barra da Cruz Várzea do Una Coroa Grande Sancho Conceição Cacimba do Padre...
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  • back in 1501 by the Third Armada of João da Nova (and named ilha da Conceição then), Albuquerque renamed it ilha da Ascensão on account of it being Ascension...
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    November 2008), Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria Decreto Legislativo Regional 47/2008/A: Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria (PDF) (in Portuguese)...
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    Labardas, Nogueira, Pico da Madeira, Pico da Varanda, Pico do Bode, Pico do Refugio, Rebentão, Santana, São Sebastião, Senhora da Conceição and Tulha. It is uncertain...
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    only founded in 1867; Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), the monolithic/bulky church of the Conception...
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    of the Immaculate Conception, Salvador (Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia) Churches Church of Our Lady of Penha, a national heritage site...
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  • Senhora da Conceição Areia Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho Esperança Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Ingá Torre da Igreja...
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  • the South Atlantic, Nova sighted Ascension Island, which he named Ilha da Conceição ("Conception Island"). The island is confirmed to have been discovered...
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  • Portugal: Tip. Editora Andrade Lima, M. (1943), Anais do Município da Horta, ilha do Faial, Famalicão, Portugal: Minerva, p. 734 38°32′04″N 28°37′46″W...
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    Faial Island (redirect from Ilha do Faial)
    Brandão, As Ilhas Desconhecidas (1926), p. 33. During the Middle Ages, the island of Faial appeared on the 1375 Catalan Atlas, as Ilha da Ventura or Insula...
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    Senhora da Boa Viagem) Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial da Conceição/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição) Church of...
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    compelled the creation of the parishes of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (July 30, 1568) and Nossa Senhora da Angustias (November 28, 1684) by the diocese of Angra...
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    The Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceição/Convento das Concepcionistas) is a former convent situated...
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    Portuguese Angola. His mother was Margarida Conceição da Rocha Pinto. João da Rocha Pinto was married to Maria Amélia da Rosa Pacheco Teixeira Pinto. Pinto served...
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