portobello

[ pawr-tuh-bel-oh, pohr- ]

/ ˌpɔr təˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /

noun, plural por·to·bel·los.

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Portobello

[ pawr-toh-bel-oh, pohr- ]

/ ˌpɔr toʊˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /

noun

a small seaport on the Caribbean coast of Panama, NE of Colón: harbor discovered and named by Columbus 1502; a principal city of Spanish colonial America.

Example sentences from the Web for portobello

Even Stephen King said, with Portobello, Rendell “has surpassed herself.”
This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Lamb burgers, turkey burgers, tuna burgers, Portobello mushroom burgers… There are lots of options for what a burger can be.
The Perfect Homemade Burger|Cookstr.com|August 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Try the fresh salads (portobello mushroom and Caprese) and anything pasta-based is a sure thing.
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|June 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Portobello Pizzas Homemade pizza of one persuasion or another has been a traditional food in my household for decades.
5 Recipes from Mollie Katzen|Cookstr.com|March 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Puerto de Bastimentos is a harbor about twelve miles northeast of Portobello.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period|Various
Miguel de Baseo captured, under the guns of Portobello, a Spanish galleon valued at a million of dollars.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland
I was often on the heights, and about Leith and Portobello.'
James Gilmour of Mongolia|James Gilmour
The markets of Havana, Carthagena, Portobello, &c. are full of the fruit; and they are sold at the price of threepence a dozen.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland
A party of urchins were in the habit of meeting the equestrians on the outskirts of Dublin city—at Portobello Bridge.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)|Edmund Downey

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