Ponta Delgada

[ Portuguese pawn-tuh del-gah-duh ]

noun

1. a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.

Ponta Delgada

/ ˈpontə ðɛlˈɡaðə /

noun

1. a port in the E Azores, on S São Miguel Island: chief commercial centre of the archipelago. Pop: 65 853 (2001)

Example Sentences

Four members are returned by Ponta Delgada to the parliament in Lisbon, while each of the other districts returns two members.

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Then a white village appeared, and soon the spires and red roofs of Ponta Delgada.

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Ponta Delgada is much better off, with boats at least twice a month to Lisbon, and fairly good communication with other places.

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At Angra and Ponta Delgada there are meteorological stations.

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