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Adamastor.

a giant famed by Camoens in his epic poem Os Lusíadas, who represents the dangers Portuguese sailors faced when trying to round the Cape of Storms

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

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name/a.da.masˈtoʁ/Brazil[a.da.masˈtoh]Brazil/a.da.masˈtoɾ/São-Paulo/a.da.maʃˈtoʁ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. a giant famed by Camoens in his epic poem Os Lusíadas, who represents the dangers Portuguese sailors faced when trying to round the Cape of Storms

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin Adamastor, a variant form of Damastor, a mythical giant's name used by Claudius Claudianus and Sidonius Apollinaris, ultimately derived from Greek, likely related to Ancient Greek ἀδάμαστος (adámastos, “indomitable”).

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