🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

demarcação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: demarcacao

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
demarcation/ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʃən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A demarcação das terras indígenas foi aprovada."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of fixing the boundary or limits of something.

    "The clear demarcation of responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarchar 'to mark out', from de- 'down, from' + marcha 'boundary'.

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