Oporto

American  

[oh-pawr-toh, oh-pohr-] / oʊˈpɔr toʊ, oʊˈpoʊr- /

noun

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

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Oporto British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Oporto has 15 coaches and managers on its books including former Leicester and Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson, Barnsley's Darrell Clarke, Rotherham's Steve Evans and ex-Lincoln and Blackburn chief Michael Appleton.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

Annual passholder Cindy Oporto of Santa Ana estimates she's been on Small World about 50 times.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2014

The pair still have to face each other in Oporto on 12 May.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2013

“The uncertainty about the earnings that were presented disappeared, and they weren’t as bad as was expected,” Pedro Oliveira, a trader at Go Bulling in Oporto, northern Portugal, said today in a telephone interview.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 8, 2012

Subsequently, however, the garrison of Oporto declared in his favor, and he was recalled.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various