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• Port-of-Spain
  Port-of-Spain

  noun

  a seaport on NW Trinidad, in the SE West Indies: the national capital of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Port of Spain
  Port of Spain

  noun

  the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago, on the W coast of Trinidad. Pop: 56 000 (2005 est)

Port-of-Spain

American  

[pawrt-uhv-spayn, pohrt-] / ˈpɔrt əvˈspeɪn, ˈpoʊrt- /

noun

1. a seaport on NW Trinidad, in the SE West Indies: the national capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Port of Spain British  

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago, on the W coast of Trinidad. Pop: 56 000 (2005 est)

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A team of divers will assess the tanker and remove any hanging debris that could impact its towing to the capital Port-of-Spain in Trinidad.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024

Trinidad won 2-1 on Monday night in Port-of-Spain, overcoming a deficit by scoring twice after Dest’s 39th-minute ejection left the U.S. a man short.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Right back DeAndre Yedlin was the only player from the starting lineup in Port-of-Spain to open against the third-ranked Portuguese, who also used a mostly young lineup.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

In the 1950s, he studied in New York and founded a theater in Trinidad's Port-of-Spain, a Caribbean capital he mentioned with great warmth during his Nobel lecture in 1992.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2017

Rounded Cape Horn, the coast of Brazil, stopped for carnival in Port-of-Spain.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

But scoreless draws with Guatemala and El Salvador had the Americans third in the five-team table heading into the final game in Port of Spain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

The USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, is scheduled to dock in Port of Spain from Sunday until Thursday while U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

The USS Gravely will dock in Port of Spain from October 26-30, and a contingent of US Marines will conduct joint training with the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force, it said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

Underdogs Bangladesh caused the biggest upset by beating India by five wickets in a low-scoring game in Port of Spain.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

The popular orators, the newspaper writers, and some of the leading merchants in Port of Spain had discovered, as I said, that they were living under what they called 'a degrading tyranny.'

From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude

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