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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

She died in the city of Porto Alegre at a home belonging to the Teresian Sisters, the religious community she was part of.

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

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

The environmental catastrophe — unprecedented in state history — upended transportation, including the airport in the capital Porto Alegre, which is expected to remain shuttered for months.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

Porto Alegre, the port of the German colonies, has also a growing export trade.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)