Ponta Delgada

[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

On a shorter flight in October, I bid the minimum, $200, on an Azores Airlines upgrade when returning from Ponta Delgada in the Azores to Boston, though the suggested starting bid was $250.

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Several companies run daily boats from Ponta Delgada to see the leviathans just offshore.

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So one morning, I signed up for an offshore dive with Season Challenge in Ponta Delgada, the Azores’ capital city.

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He said he planned to fix the issues once he arrived at the "beautiful marina" of Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores.

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On Jan. 19, he posted about problems with the solar charger of his water desalinator, but said he was "not in danger", as he was heading towards the mid-Atlantic port of Ponta Delgada in the Azores with fair wind.

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