Oporto

[oh-pawr-toh, oh-pohr-]

noun

1. a port in northwestern Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River.

Oporto

/ əˈpɔːtəʊ /

noun

1. Portuguese name: Porto. a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River: the second largest city in Portugal, famous for port wine (begun in 1678). Pop: 263 131 (2001)

Example Sentences

"We have a figure of 37 fatalities...in addition to 24 injured," Walther Oporto, the regional health manager of Arequipa, told AFP.

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Thirty-six people died at the scene and another person later died in hospital, Walther Oporto, Arequipa's regional health chief told local media, citing firefighters at the scene of the crash.

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"There is that perception, maybe from the outside and unfounded in many cases, that anyone can be an agent," says Dean Eldredge, who runs Oporto Sports.

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PwC in Portugal, Angola and Cape Verde has 1,500 staff and 42 partners, with 26 partners in Lisbon, 12 in Oporto and 4 in Luanda.

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The Jewish Community of Oporto – which, along with the Lisbon Jewish community, certifies applicants – said it had received just five applications before the Brexit referendum compared with 400 in the two months following the vote.

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