Ormuz
Americannoun
noun
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With this information Joseph returned to Portugal, while Covilham, with Abraham of Beja, again visited Aden and Ormuz.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
He desired also to return to Ormuz in order to punish the Minister, Cogeatar, and firmly establish Portuguese influence in the Persian Gulf.
From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Stephens, Henry Morse
Thence they came by way of Mesopotamia to Ormuz on the Persian Gulf, as if they contemplated a sea voyage.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Ships also put in here from Ormuz, Aden, Xeher, and many other places, to take in cargo for Canaor and Calicut.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
They also bring to this city of Ormuz, quicksilver, vermillion, rose-water, brocade and silk stuffs, scarlet woollens, coarse camelots, and silk.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
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