Nictheroy
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Nictheroy has forty thousand inhabitants and is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
From Brazilian Sketches by Ray, T. B. (T. Bronson)
We could now, for the first time, thoroughly appreciate the beauties of the noble bay of Nictheroy, though the distant Organ mountains were still hidden from our view.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
It is quite a relief to get on to one of the ferry-boats and cross over to Nictheroy occasionally, for a breath of pure air.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
May 5. lost some time waiting for the Nictheroy But she came along at dark. the Marietta will look out for her and we will pull out for Key West I think.
From The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898 by Cross, R.
On the following day he was sent to the State prison at Nictheroy, where he was confined for ten days.
From Brazilian Sketches by Ray, T. B. (T. Bronson)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
