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Porto Novo   /pˈɔrtoʊ nˈoʊvoʊ/   Listen
Porto Novo

noun
1.
The capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon.  Synonym: capital of Benin.





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"Porto Novo" Quotes from Famous Books



... whereupon Cottiar, in the island of Ceylon, being a very commodious bay, fit for her present distress, Thomas Chambers, Esq., since Sir Thomas Chambers, the agent at Fort St George, ordered that the ship should take in some cloth and India merchants belonging to Porto Novo, who might trade there while she lay to set her mast, and repair the other damages sustained by the storm. At her first coming thither, after the Indian merchants were set ashore, the captain and his men were very jealous ...
— The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton • Daniel Defoe
... singular—concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Paul, Praia, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal; there may be 2 new districts named Porto Novo and Santa Cruz ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency


Words linked to "Porto Novo" :   Dahomey, Republic of Benin, Benin, national capital


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