And in the meantime all the Portuguese settlers fled.

His first observation after return was the oppressive atmosphere created by the Portuguese settlers.

The orphans were married to native rulers or Portuguese settlers.

Soon, a process of miscegenation between Portuguese settlers and indigenous women started.

Nóbrega was concerned that the Portuguese settlers were not good examples.

He planned on making the colony a strong military base to protect the Portuguese settlers from Indian or other outside forces.

The language developed first mainly among the descendants of Portuguese settlers.

The economy expanded rapidly during the 1950s and 1960s, attracting thousands of Portuguese settlers to the country.

About a million Portuguese settlers arrived during this period and brought their culture to the colony.

It originally referred to descendants of the Portuguese settlers who were born and "raised" locally.