Portuguese

Proper noun

Monção f

1. A village and municipality in Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

Related terms

• monçanense

Portuguese

monção

Alternative forms

• moução (obsolete), mouçaõ (obsolete), mouçam (obsolete)
• monçaõ (obsolete), monçam (obsolete)

Noun

monção f (plural monções)

1. monsoon (tropical rainy season)
2. (figuratively) opportunity, occasion
3. each of the several fluvial expeditions by 17th century Brazilian explorers