Definition of Porto

1. Noun. Port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine.

Exact synonyms: Oporto
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Portugal, Portuguese Republic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porto

Port Orford cedar
Port Sudan
Port Vila
Port of Spain
Portable Management Interface
Porte
Portia
Portingal
Portingals
Portishead
Portland
Portland cement
Portland stone
Portman
Portmore
Porto (current term)
Porto-Novo
Porto Alegre
Porto Novo
Porto Rico
Porto Velho
Portsmouth
Portugal
Portugall
Portugalls
Portugese
Portuguese
Portuguese-Canadian
Portuguese Congo
Portuguese East Africa

Literary usage of Porto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"That on and after the passage of this Act the same tariffs, customs, and duties shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles imported into Porto ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Porto RICO, University of, an institution for the promotion of higher ... (For the need of instruction, and of teachers to give it, see Porto Rico: ..."

3. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"THE CHAIRMAN: We have with us three of the eleven members of the Porto Rican Executive Council, or Senate. One of them you have already heard. ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Porto Rico, for respondent. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Porto Rico denied. No. 727. The PEOPLE OF Porto RICO, petitioner, v. ..."

5. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"THE CHAIRMAN: We have with us three of the eleven members of the Porto Rican Executive Council, or Senate. One of them you have already heard. ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Porto Rico produces some oranges as fine as any grown in Jamaica, ... The conditions are now all favorable in Porto Rico for the growth of citrous fruits in ..."

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