Pôrto Velho

[ pawr-too ve-lyoo ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Rondônia, in W Brazil, on the Madeira River.

Porto Velho

/ ˈportu ˈvɛʎu /

noun

1. a city in W Brazil, capital of the federal territory of Rondônia on the Madeira River. Pop: 301 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

After that the engines were driven full, for the pilot hoped to get us to Porto Velho by nightfall.

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We watched the men at work for a few days and nights, and judged we should be at Porto Velho for a month.

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There was a man who looked like a sensational ruffian who boarded us one morning at Porto Velho, and said he had come to find me.

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He said it was safer to keep to the ship during the month we had still to spend at Porto Velho.

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There has been time to prove those superstitions of Porto Velho.

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