paiz

See also: Paiz

Kavalan

Noun

paiz

1. fan

Old French

Noun

paiz oblique singular, f (nominative singular paiz)

1. Alternative form of pais

Portuguese

Noun

paiz m (plural paizes)

1. Obsolete spelling 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 ?

   • 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;