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Oporto
[ oh-pawr-toh, oh-pohr- ]
noun
- a port in northwestern Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River.
Oporto
/ əˈpɔːtəʊ /
noun
- a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River: the second largest city in Portugal, famous for port wine (begun in 1678). Pop: 263 131 (2001) Portuguese namePorto
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Portugal is this time the scene of the disaster, the sufferer being the Baquet Theatre in Oporto.
Then Oporto was visited, and the Douro valley, the very centre of the port wine industry.
At the close of the last year, the government of the Queen of Portugal was in possession of the capital, as well as of Oporto.
In Portugal proper there are two judicial districts—that of Lisbon and that of Oporto.
In towns like Lisbon and Oporto a great number of persons are employed in the fish trade.
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