Minho
[mee-nyoo]
- a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
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Spanish Miño.
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The principal river of Galicia is the Minho, with its tributary the Sil.
SpainWentworth Webster
The rivers, from the Minho to the Bidassoa, furnish trout and salmon.
SpainWentworth Webster
Many Oporto families own country-houses in the Minho, and rusticate there very pleasantly for a month or two in early fall.
We must return to the Minho province—still the most representative section of Portugal—for monuments of Portuguese antiquity.
A sad contrast to the fertility of the Minho is presented by the country opposite Lisbon and the adjoining province of Alemtejo.
Minho
- the Portuguese name for the Miño
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