siglas poveiras

siglas poveiras

Portuguese

FWOTD – 5 March 2019

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡlɐʃ pɔˈvejɾɐʃ/, /-ˈvɐj-/

Noun

siglas poveiras f pl (plural only)

1. a protowriting system used in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, to identify families, fishing boats or ownership, as house marks, and for mystical purposes
   • 1987, José Maria Ventura, A busca, Caminho, page 64:

     Todos estes barcos ostentam divisas ou siglas (¹), diferentes, contudo, das siglas poveiras.

     However, all these boats have symbols that are different from the siglas poveiras.