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Port Harcourt

American  
[hahr-kert, -kawrt, -kohrt] / ˈhɑr kərt, -kɔrt, -koʊrt /

noun

  1. a seaport in S Nigeria.


Port Harcourt British  
/ -kɔːt, ˈhɑːkət /

noun

  1. a port in S Nigeria, capital of Rivers state on the Niger delta: the nation's second largest port; industrial centre. Pop: 942 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The police also asserted that Mr. Igwe, a representative in the southern city of Port Harcourt, was found not with the national currency, naira, but with large piles of American $100 bills in his car.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 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

Richard took a still-hot akara and blew on it and told himself that Port Harcourt was safe.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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