Porto Novo

American  

[pawr-toh noh-voh, pohr-] / ˈpɔr toʊ ˈnoʊ voʊ, ˈpoʊr- /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Benin.

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Porto Novo British  

/ ˈpɔːtəʊ ˈnəʊvəʊ /

noun

1. the capital of Benin, in the southwest on a coastal lagoon: formerly a centre of Portuguese settlement and the slave trade. Pop: 253 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Like the chiefs of Porto Novo, the despot of Dahome, the rulers of many Nigerian tribes, and even the Fernandian "Bube," these potentates may not look at the sea nor at the river.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The progress of Hyder was arrested; and in a few months the great victory of Porto Novo retrieved the honour of the English arms.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Porto Novo is inhabited by a tribe called Nago, which has an admixture of Yoruba blood and speaks a Yoruba dialect.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

Immediately upon receiving the news he left port, and on the 13th sighted the British fleet, then at anchor off Porto Novo, a little south of Cuddalore.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

In October 1890 a treaty was signed which secured to France Porto Novo and Kotonu, and to the king of Dahomey an annual pension of �800.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various