Pôrto

[ pawr-too ]

noun
  1. Portuguese name of Oporto.

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How to use Pôrto in a sentence

  • The shackles of despotism, which began to be loosened on the 24th of August in Porto, are now bursting in this province.

  • Ive run a steam laundry in Porto Ricky and had the whole danged business washed away in a hurricane.

    The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
  • Paganetti of Porto-Vecchio was often saying it to him: "When the day arrives, the island will rise and vote for you as one man."

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • Now, there is such a place as Porto del Rey, for I was there once, but not till twenty years later.

    The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton
  • And one day as he paced the terrace with Williams, they saw her round the headland of Porto Venere.

British Dictionary definitions for Porto

Porto

/ (ˈportu) /


noun
  1. the Portuguese name for Oporto

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