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Puerto Cortés

American  
[pwer-taw kawr-tes] / ˈpwɛr tɔ kɔrˈtɛs /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Honduras.


Example Sentences

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She said hurricane flooding destroyed their home in the coastal town of Puerto Cortés.

From Los Angeles Times

“The defendant’s drug lab was a short distance to Honduras’ biggest port city, Puerto Cortes, and Juan Orlando wanted the defendant’s cocaine so he could export it through that port.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Hernández offered up the services of the Honduran armed forces and the attorney general’s office to facilitate cocaine transportation, and noted his own interest in accessing Mr. Fuentes’s cocaine laboratory, which was near Puerto Cortés, a major commercial shipping port, prosecutors said.

From New York Times

Puerto Cortés, from which tankers loaded with Honduran products sail for the United States.

From Washington Post

A tropical storm warning was in effect for the peninsula from Los Barriles to Puerto Cortes.

From Washington Times