Algarve

[ahl-gahr-vuh, al-]

noun

1. a coastal region of S Portugal. 1,958 sq. mi. (5,070 sq. km).

Algarve

/ ælˈɡɑːv /

noun

1. an area in the south of Portugal, on the Atlantic; it approximately corresponds to the administrative district of Faro: fishing and tourism important

Example Sentences

The then-three-year-old vanished from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on 3 May 2007, sparking a Europe-wide investigation that has become one of the highest-profile missing persons cases.

From BBC

The family, who were living in Thetford, Norfolk, were driving in Faro, in the Algarve, when their car collided with another vehicle on the IP2 main road in Castro Verde.

From BBC

That is why the BKA footed the bill for the search this week in ruined farm buildings on merciless, shadeless scrubland in the rising heat of an Algarve summer.

From BBC

Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from an apartment in the Algarve while on holiday with her family in May 2007.

From BBC

Greg Monks, 38, was reported missing last week after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

From BBC