Port Harcourt
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He had always been a fanatic, performing his first Elvis impersonation at a talent show in Port Harcourt, Nigeria — a way for expats working on oil refineries to let loose.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Burna Boy spent significant time on the road as a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Similar attacks were also reported in Sokoto state in the north-west, Kano in the north, and Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2023
On his first visit this month to Anchor Hospital in Port Harcourt, the capital of oil-producing Rivers state, Ngutor was treated for a suspected stomach ulcer and received drugs.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022
He liked the cadence of the Arabic-inflected voice on Radio Kaduna, but he did not like the gleeful certitude with which it said “Port Harcourt is liberated! Port Harcourt is liberated!”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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