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• Pôrto Alegre
  Pôrto Alegre

  noun

  a seaport in S Brazil.
• Porto Alegre
  Porto Alegre

  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)

Pôrto Alegre

American  

[pawr-too ah-le-gruh] / ˈpɔr tʊ ɑˈlɛ grə /

noun

1. a seaport in S Brazil.

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Porto Alegre British  

/ ˈportu aˈlɛɡri /

noun

1. 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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Pôrto Alegre Porto Alegre

Only a couple of Argentina’s giants have anything like the revenues of the powerhouses from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pôrto Alegre and Belo Horizonte.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

The difference, this time, was that Zanotta was taking those calls not in São Paulo or Pôrto Alegre, but Dallas.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2021

Mr. de Azambuja, who was born in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil, and works in Madrid, uses industrial steel clamps and construction materials in their raw form to build sculptures evocative of Brutalist architecture.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2018

In 2012, two handfuls of grass sprigs were shipped down from Texas to an off-site turf farm in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil, where it was grown and tended by Marcelo Matte of Green Grass Brasil.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2016

Raphinha's journey from Porto Alegre to Barcelona's dressing room is a story of resilience, discipline, and continuous self-improvement.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025

When the two puppies arrived at a makeshift shelter in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, their rail-thin legs buckled from exhaustion.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Much of the state capital, Porto Alegre, has been plunged into darkness by the flood, which has damaged power and water treatment plants, also leaving most residents without drinking water.

From BBC ● May 11, 2024

Some residents of Rio Grande do Sul state have found sanctuary at second homes, including Alexandra Zanela, who co-owns a content agency in Porto Alegre.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

Santa Catharina, Porto Alegre, and Rio Grande, the three harbors south of Santos, are rendered inaccessible for any but small craft, owing to sandbars at their entrances.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray