Explore Pombal through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pombal meaning
- A city and municipality in Leiria district, Portugal.
- A municipality in Paraíba, Brazil.
Using Pombal
- The main meaning on this page is: A city and municipality in Leiria district, Portugal. | A municipality in Paraíba, Brazil.
Context around Pombal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pombal
- In this selection, "pombal" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, town, anti and decided stand out and add context to how "pombal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include marquês de pombal anti catholicism and medieval town pombal decided to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pombal" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pombal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Instead of rebuilding the medieval town, Pombal decided to demolish what remained after the earthquake and rebuild the city centre in accordance with principles of modern urban design. (28 words)
Begun in the 18th century during the term of statesman Marquês de Pombal, anti-Catholicism reared its head again after the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic in 1910. (29 words)
The pragmatic suggestions of Pombal was not successful, and as the pretensions among the great powers were so deep-rooted, it would take the Napoleonic Wars for the great powers to have a fresh look at the issue. (38 words)
The pragmatic suggestions of Pombal was not successful, and as the pretensions among the great powers were so deep-rooted, it would take the Napoleonic Wars for the great powers to have a fresh look at the issue. (38 words)
Begun in the 18th century during the term of statesman Marquês de Pombal, anti-Catholicism reared its head again after the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic in 1910. (29 words)
Instead of rebuilding the medieval town, Pombal decided to demolish what remained after the earthquake and rebuild the city centre in accordance with principles of modern urban design. (28 words)
Example sentences (3)
Begun in the 18th century during the term of statesman Marquês de Pombal, anti-Catholicism reared its head again after the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic in 1910.
Instead of rebuilding the medieval town, Pombal decided to demolish what remained after the earthquake and rebuild the city centre in accordance with principles of modern urban design.
The pragmatic suggestions of Pombal was not successful, and as the pretensions among the great powers were so deep-rooted, it would take the Napoleonic Wars for the great powers to have a fresh look at the issue.