Port Royal
Americannoun
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a village in southern South Carolina, on Port Royal island: colonized by French Huguenots 1562.
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a historic town on southeastern Jamaica at the entrance to Kingston harbor: a former capital of Jamaica.
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former name of Annapolis Royal.
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a fortified town in SE Jamaica, at the entrance to Kingston harbour: capital of Jamaica in colonial times
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the former name (until 1710) of Annapolis Royal
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an educational institution about 27 km (17 miles) west of Paris that flourished from 1638 to 1704, when it was suppressed by papal bull as it had become a centre of Jansenism. Its teachers were noted esp for their work on linguistics: their Grammaire générale et raisonnée exercised much influence
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