Portugese

Usage notes
The misspelling "Portugese" mimicks the pattern of the spelling of words ending in -ese such as Viennese, Maltese, Chinese, Togolese, Beninese, Congolese, Milanese, Parmese, Japanese, Faroese, and Vietnamese. In the correctly spelled, the function of the second U (the letter often mistakenly omitted) is to signal a sound; a G followed by an E might otherwise signal a soft G, such as in  or. The spelling of the equivalent Portuguese-language term also has two U's:.

Noun

 * 1) A Portuguese woman.