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Matosinhos

British  
/ mətuˈziɲuʃ /

noun

  1. a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)

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“In times of unprecedented challenges facing Europe and the world at large, it is the moment to contribute with bold, shared ambitions to solutions enabled by space,” write the ministers, who met in Matosinhos, Portugal.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 19, 2021

The Matosinhos Manifesto spells out the three initiatives, which it says could “speed up the use of space to solve today’s biggest challenges.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 19, 2021

The journey back to Tondela, in central Portugal, from Leixoes' ground in Matosinhos, near Porto in the north-west, was only about 150km.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2021

He appears next week with Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, a big band from Portugal, in revisiting several arrangements from their collaborative album, “Our Secret World.”

From New York Times • May 12, 2016

The whole coast mourned them, but the greatest sorrow was in the village of Matosinhos, nearly all of whose men were drowned.

From Time Magazine Archive