C0051700 (kə-moiNsh′) also Ca·mo·ëns(kăm′ō-ənz, kə-mō′-), Luiz Vaz de 1524?-1580. Portuguese writer best known for Os Lusíadas (1572), an epic describing his nation's rise from obscurity to greatness.
Camoëns
(ˈkæməʊˌɛns) or
Camões
n (Biography) Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)