paiz

paiz

1. fan

paiz oblique singular, f (nominative singular paiz)

1. alternative form of pais

paiz m (plural paizes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of país.
   • 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

     Porque é que a honra do nosso paiz se acha envolvida nesta contenda ?

     Why is our honour as a country involved in this war ?

   • 1930 February 11, “O perfil politico de Isabel [Isabel’s political profile]”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XXIX, number 10775, Rio de Janeiro, page 4:

     A princeza regente encarou a situação com uma notavel firmeza de animo. A idéa de acabar com a escravidão em nosso paiz era tão firme e tão arraigada no seu espirito, que não exitou^[sic] de a collocar acima da propria conservação do throno, o throno que lhe viria a caber.

     The princess regent faced the situation with remarkable steadfastness of mind. The idea of putting an end to slavery in our country was so firm and so deeply rooted in her spirit that she did not hesitate to place it above even the preservation of the throne itself, the throne that was to be hers.

   • 1937, Constituição do Brasil de 1937:

     Attendendo ao estado de aprehensão creado no paiz pela infiltração communista, que se torna dia a dia mais extensa e mais profunda, exigindo remedios, de caracter radical e permanente;

     Given the state of apprehension created in the country by communist infiltration, which is becoming more extensive and deeper day by day, requiring remedies of a radical and permanent character;