Synonyms:
Porto, Oporto
Meaning: port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
Usage examples
The people went wild when the British fleet took Porto Bello, a Spanish port in Central America.
The Porto Ricans enlisted in the American regular army are reported to have increased at once in strength, weight, and vigor; the Filipino recruits, thanks to the American army rations, soon outgrew their uniforms.
The changes in sea levels were not confined to the immediate centre of volcanic activity, but extended as far north as Porto Rico, and it was believed that the seismic wave would be found to have altered the ocean bed round Jamaica.