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Puerto Cortés

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

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Honduras.


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“She wanted a house and she wanted to have her own business,” said Mr. Varela, who works as a boat captain in Puerto Cortés.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2018

William Sydney Porter arrived in Puerto Cortés a few years before Zemurray.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2012

Though Puerto Cortés is one of the old places of the hemisphere — inhabited for 600 years — it seems provisional.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2012

They landed in Puerto Cortés, a low-slung cinder-block town on the sea.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2012

Hotchkiss sailed at once for Puerto Cortés, where he learned from the American vice-consul, Dr. Ruez, that Crawford had left San Pedro hastily the previous Monday night.

From True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons by Moffett, Cleveland

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