Porto Novo
a seaport in and the capital of Benin.
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How to use Porto Novo in a sentence
I saw little of the events after the battle of Porto Novo, as my father was taken ill soon after, and died at Madras.
The Tiger of Mysore | G. A. HentyNow and then a white-bearded old sepoy may still be found, who loves to talk of Porto Novo and Pollilore.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) | Thomas Babington MacaulaySituated on the beach between the sea and the lagoon of Porto Novo, the soil consists of heavy sand.
Porto Novo at the beginning of the 19th century became tributary to Dahomey.
Kotonu was originally a small village which served as the seaport of Porto Novo and was burnt to the ground in 1890.
British Dictionary definitions for Porto Novo
/ (ˈpɔːtəʊ ˈnəʊvəʊ) /
the capital of Benin, in the southwest on a coastal lagoon: formerly a centre of Portuguese settlement and the slave trade. Pop: 253 000 (2005 est)
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