Montes Claros

American  

[mawn-tis klah-roos] / ˈmɔ̃ tɪs ˈklɑ rʊs /

noun

1. a city in E Brazil.

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Example Sentences

The latter suggested the Montes Claros of the Portuguese.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In defense of it, Portuguese will fight side by side with Englishmen, as they fought with them at Aljubarrota, side by side with Frenchmen, who fought with them at Montes Claros.

From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee

The forest of Miédes, now have they overpassed, And on through Montes Claros they pricked forward spurring fast.

From The Lay of the Cid by Bacon, Leonard

This bridge was built in the years 1638-1640, when the Marquis de Montes Claros was viceroy of Peru.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Not in the full tide of success, not on the field of Montes Claros, not under the walls of Maestricht, had he so well deserved the admiration of mankind.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron