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Brazil is a major country that was colonized by the Portuguese. Brazil was claimed by Portugal in April 1500, on the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. The official name of the land, in original Portuguese records, was the "Land of the Holy Cross" (Terra da Santa Cruz), but European sailors and merchants commonly called it simply the "Land of Brazil" (Terra do Brasil) on account of the brazilwood trade.

Other countries that have been part of the Portuguese empire are:

Angola

Benin

Cape Verde

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Equatorial Guinea

The Gambia

Ghana

Gabon

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Nigeria

France

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Argentina

Barbados

Paraguay

Uruguay

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Portugal only had one major land-colony in Asia: East Timor. However, Portugal was famous for maintaining a "maritime empire" with a number of small trading cities that were situated in Asia that Portugal would control along with a small area of environs, such as: Muscat (Oman), Ormuz (Iran), Diu (India), Bombay (India), Goa (India), Cochin (India), Calicut (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Malacca (Malaysia), Macau (China), and Ternate (Indonesia).

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