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Luso-Americans, or Lusitanic Americans are people living in the United States whose cultural background derives in part from countries with Portuguese speaking roots or traditions. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Luso-Americans include Portuguese Americans, whose roots are directly Portuguese; Brazilian-Americans; and those from other parts of the Lusophone world, such as Cape Verde, Angola or Mozambique. Portuguese Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in the southwest European nation of Portugal, including the The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west A Brazilian American refers to immigrants from Brazil or Americans of Brazilian ancestry A Lusophone (or lusophone) is someone who speaks the Portuguese language natively or by adoption The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa Because of the wide range of national origins of Luso-Americans, the group is considered a cultural one, rather than a homogeneous ethnic group. People of African, Macanese, Portuguese Jewish, and many other origins may be, under certain circumstances, considered Luso-Americans. Spanish and Portuguese Jews are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto-Jewish communities of the Iberian

A Portuguese American, in contrast, denotes any person born in the United States whose family came to the USA from Portugal. Portuguese Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in the southwest European nation of Portugal, including the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.

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History

Luso-Americans can be found in all states and there are sizable Luso-American communities in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York, Hawaii, Florida, Delaware and Virginia. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state In total, the members of this community may be more than 3. 5 million Americans. Two United States counties, namely Bristol County, Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts, are home to pluralities of people of Portuguese ancestry. A county of the United States is a local level of government created as a subdivision of a state by the state government or by the federal or territorial government as a subdivision Bristol County is a County located in the US state of Rhode Island. Bristol County is a County located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, adjacent to the state of Rhode Island. There was dense Portuguese settlement in the Salinas and San Joaquin Valleys in California, namely the cities of Los Banos and Hollister. The Salinas Valley in the Central Coast region of California, USA that lies along the Salinas River between the Gabilan Range and The San Joaquin Valley (ˌsæn wɑːˈkiːn refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Los Banos is a city in Merced County, California, near the junction of State Route 152 and Interstate 5. Hollister is a city in and the County seat of San Benito County, California, United States.

Jewish Luso-Americans

In September, 1654, shortly before the Jewish New Year, twenty-three Jews of Portuguese ancestry from Recife, Brazil, arrived in New York, which at the time was under Dutch rule and known as New Amsterdam. Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה literally "head of the year" Biblical: ˈɾoʃ haʃːɔˈnɔh Israeli haʃaˈna Yiddish: hɑˈʃɔnə is a Jewish Recife ( heˈsifi is the fifth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld This arrival was the beginning of Jewish-American history. American Jews, or Jewish Americans Sephardic Portuguese Jews were also the early settlers of Newport (where the country's first synagogue was founded), Charleston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence The Touro Synagogue is a Synagogue in Newport Rhode Island, that is the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America and the Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə

Language

Portuguese has been spoken in the United States by small communities of immigrants, especially in (top 20 Luso-American communities in order of size)

Luso-Americans are highly numerous in the metropolitan New York City area. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pompano Beach is a City in Broward County, Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just to the north of Fort Lauderdale. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. For other places with the same name see Ludlow (disambiguation. Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the Bristol is a town in and the historic County seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. East Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Los Banos is a city in Merced County, California, near the junction of State Route 152 and Interstate 5. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Gustine is a city in Merced County, California, United States. Mineola is a Village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19233 at the 2000 census Tulare (tuːˈlɛəri is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. Hollister is a city in and the County seat of San Benito County, California, United States. San Pedro is a beach community within Los Angeles California, USA Redondo Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The City of New York The Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey is also called "Little Portugal", and 46th Street in Manhattan is also named "Little Brazil Street". The Ironbound is a large working-class neighborhood in Newark New Jersey. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Portuguese is also spoken by some Chinese and Macanese immigrants from Macau, especially in California. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Macanese ( "people of Macau" can be a general term for the residents or natives of Macau, a special administrative region of the People's Republic For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Luso-Americans also include speakers of Portuguese-based creoles, such as Macanese (Patuá or Macaista Chapado) and Papiamento. This article is about Portuguese-based Creole languages See Creole peoples for the Portuguese Creole ethnicity Macanese or Macau Creole (known as Patuá to its speakers is a Creole language derived mainly from Malay, Sinhalese Papiamento (or Papiamentu) is the Language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (the so-called Elements of the Portuguese language can also be found in other former colonies such as Goa and Timor. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. Timor is an Island at the south end of the Malay Archipelago, north of the Timor Sea.

In the Luso-American community, there is a significant difference between European Portuguese and other regional variations, notably Brazilian Portuguese. European Portuguese (português europeu in Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects spoken mainly in Portugal but also in places of Africa and Asia Brazilian Portuguese ( Language code pt-BR Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil) is a group of Portuguese Language schools (especially in the U. S. ) classes often teach the Brazilian dialect.

Famous Luso-Americans

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Brazilian

Cape-Verdean

Indian

Chinese

Sephardic

Caribbean

References

  1. ^ [1] "She's part Brazilian – her mother is from Sao Paulo" [2] "Belle already speaks fluent Portuguese — her mother is Brazilian"
  2. ^ [3] "Nationality:, American/Brazilian" [4] "The 5’7’’ American Brazilian actress. Emma Lazarus ( July 22, 1849 &ndash November 19, 1887) was an American Poet born in New York City. Sephardi Jews ( Hebrew: ספרדי, Standard Səfardi Tiberian Səp̄arədî; plural A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Mordecai Manuel Noah ( July 14, 1785, Philadelphia Pennsylvania,- May 22, 1851, New York) was an American Playwright A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the Judah Monis (born Italy or Barbary states, February 4, 1683 - died Cambridge Massachusetts, 1764 was North America 's Elias Victor Seixas Jr (born August 30, 1923) is a former American male Tennis player. Steven E de Souza (born 17 November 1947) is an American producer, director and Scriptwriter of Portuguese A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Sean Paul Henriques (born January 8 1973) in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of his birthplace . . "

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