Pôrto Alegre

[ pawr-too ah-le-gruh ]

/ ˈpɔr tʊ ɑˈlɛ grə /

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noun

a seaport in S Brazil.

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How to use Pôrto Alegre in a sentence

Triton will begin patrolling the seas with six ships based in Lampedusa and Porto Empedocle in Sicily on November 1.
Britain’s Let-Em-All-Die Policy|Nico Hines, Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
St-Tropez, Bodrum, Ibiza, or Porto Cervo can provide you plenty of it, coupled with fun and excitement.
Simon de Pury: Visiting 16 Studios of Los Angeles’s Top Artists|Simon de Pury|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And he had broken ground on Porto Açu, a massive deepwater port meant to break the logjam of Brazilian shipping.
The Brutal Fall of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista|Mac Margolis|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Caravaggio did not die in Porto Ercole of an illness,” he says.
Vincenzo Pacelli Says Knights of Malta Murdered Artist Caravaggio|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Then, in 2010, bones thought to be his were found in a seaside church grave in Porto Ercole on the Tuscan coast.
Vincenzo Pacelli Says Knights of Malta Murdered Artist Caravaggio|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The shackles of despotism, which began to be loosened on the 24th of August in Porto, are now bursting in this province.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
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.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton

British Dictionary definitions for Pôrto Alegre

Porto Alegre

/ (Portuguese ˈportu aˈlɛɡri) /

noun

a port in S Brazil, capital of the Rio Grande do Sul state: the country's chief inland port; the chief commercial centre of S Brazil, with two universities (1936 and 1948). Pop: 3 795 000 (2005 est)

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