Angra do Heroismo

[ahng-gruh doo e-roo-eezh-moo]

noun

1. a seaport on and the capital of the island of Terceira in the Azores: former capital of the Azores.

Angra do Heroísmo

/ ˈ~əːŋɡrə duː iruˈiʃmu /

noun

1. a port in the Azores, on Terceira Island. Pop: 35 581 (2001)

Example Sentences

He was stationed in Portugal when Isaiah was born in Angra do Heroismo.

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The University of the Azores in Angra do Heroísmo and the Portuguese Meteorological Institute in Lisbon are key collaborators in the observatory.

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Angra do Heroismo, the chief seaport of Terceira, one of the Azores, with the only convenient harbour in the whole group.

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Later still they degenerated into mere angle strips, as in the cathedral of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores and elsewhere.

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Ponta Delgada, the capital of St Michael's; Angra, or Angra do Heroismo, the capital of Terceira; and Horta, the capital of Fayal.

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