capitania

See also: capitanía and capitânia

English

Etymology

From Portuguese capitania.

Noun

capitania (plural capitanias)

  1. (historical) Synonym of captaincy (“former division of Spanish and Portuguese empires”).

Portuguese

Etymology

From capitão +‎ -ia. Doublet of capitânia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pi.taˈni.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pi.taˈni.a/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pi.tɐˈni.ɐ/

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧ta‧ni‧a

Noun

capitania f (plural capitanias)

  1. (historical) captaincy (administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires)
    • 16th century, Pero de Magalhães Gândavo, “da capitania de Tamaracá [of the Tamaracá captaincy]” (chapter 1), in Tractado da Terra do Brasil no qual se cõtem a informação das couſas que ha nestas partes [Treatise of the Brazilian Land, which contains information about the things on these parts], page 4v:
      A pouoaçaõ da primeira capitania e mais antiga eſtá nuã ilha que ſe chama Tamaracá […]
      The settlement of the first and oldest captaincy is on an island called Tamaracá.

Derived terms

  • capitania do porto
  • capitania hereditária
  • capitania-donataria
  • capitania-geral

Descendants

  • → English: capitania
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