capitania

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese capitania. === Noun === capitania (plural capitanias) (historical) Synonym of captaincy (“former division of Spanish and Portuguese empires”). == Portuguese == === Etymology === From capitão +‎ -ia. Doublet of capitânia. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɐ Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧ta‧ni‧a === Noun === capitania f (plural capitanias) (historical) captaincy (administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: capitania === Further reading === “capitania”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “capitania”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026