suserania

Portuguese

Etymology

From suserano +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ze.ɾaˈni.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ze.ɾaˈni.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ze.ɾaˈni.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.zɨ.ɾɐˈni.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: su‧se‧ra‧ni‧a

Noun

suserania f (plural suseranias)

1. suzerainty (suzerain quality or power)
2. suzerainty (area of a suzerain's jurisdiction)
3. domain
4. authority

Further reading

• “suserania”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “suserania”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024