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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Port′ Roy′al, - Place Namesa village in S South Carolina, on Port Royal island: colonized by French Huguenots 1562. 2977.
- Place Namesa historic town on SE Jamaica at the entrance to Kingston harbor: a former capital of Jamaica.
- Place Namesformer name of Annapolis Royal.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Port Royal n - a fortified town in SE Jamaica, at the entrance to Kingston harbour: capital of Jamaica in colonial times
- the former name (until 1710) of Annapolis Royal
- /French: pɔr rwajal/ an educational institution about 27 km (17 miles) west of Paris that flourished from 1638 to 1704, when it was suppressed by papal bull as it had become a centre of Jansenism. Its teachers were noted esp for their work on linguistics: their Grammaire générale et raisonnée exercised much influence
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