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单词 port-of-spain
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Port-of-Spain

[ pawrt-uhv-speyn, pohrt- ]
/ ˈpɔrt əvˈspeɪn, ˈpoʊrt- /

noun

a seaport on NW Trinidad, in the SE West Indies: the national capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

Words nearby Port-of-Spain

portobilioarterial, portoenterostomy, port of call, port of entry, Portofino, Port-of-Spain, portogram, portography, portolano, Porto Novo, Port Orange
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Example sentences from the Web for Port-of-Spain

  • On returning to the Port-of-Spain, the steamer usually carried about two hundred head of cattle for the Trinidad market.

    Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena|H. J. Mozans
  • Over unruffled water the lights of Port-of-Spain shoot long still yellow beams.

    Two Years in the French West Indies|Lafcadio Hearn
  • Out of 136 children born in Port-of-Spain, 100 were illegitimate.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IX., March, 1862., No. LIII.|Various
  • Port-of-Spain, whose population is about 50,000, rejoices in quite a number of large and handsome public buildings and churches.

    Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena|H. J. Mozans

British Dictionary definitions for Port-of-Spain

Port of Spain

noun

the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago, on the W coast of Trinidad. Pop: 56 000 (2005 est)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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