Sebastian passed into legend as a great Portuguese patriot and hero - the 'sleeping King' who would return to help Portugal in her darkest hour, on a misty day."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastianism
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José
She...her for countries?
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Not much really, except that in some old fashioned texts countries when substituted with pronouns take feminine form, maybe something to do with referring to countries as motherlands/fatherlands. The same applies to ships and in New Zealand cars, e.g she's a good runner, indicating the car is in a good condition.