Coimbra

[ kween-bruh ]

noun

1. a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.

Coimbra

/ ˈkuimbrə /

noun

1. a city in central Portugal: capital of Portugal from 1190 to 1260; seat of the country's oldest university. Pop: 148 474 (2001)

Example Sentences

Figueiras was reduced by a naval expedition, under Admiral Napier, and Coimbra opened its gates to the duke himself.

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There is a good university at Coimbra, where alone, it is said, the language is spoken correctly.

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It is not more than two hours' march to Coimbra, so that we shall be there by daybreak.

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His dear friend, Wingfield, died at Coimbra at the age of twenty-one.

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In April 1385 he was unanimously chosen king by the estates of the realm at Coimbra.

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