Lexic.us

Definition of Porto

1. Noun. Port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porto

Literary usage of Porto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"That on and after the passage of this Act the same tariffs, customs, and duties shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles imported into Porto ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Porto RICO, University of, an institution for the promotion of higher ... (For the need of instruction, and of teachers to give it, see Porto Rico: ..."

3. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"THE CHAIRMAN: We have with us three of the eleven members of the Porto Rican Executive Council, or Senate. One of them you have already heard. ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Porto Rico, for respondent. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Porto Rico denied. No. 727. The PEOPLE OF Porto RICO, petitioner, v. ..."

5. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"THE CHAIRMAN: We have with us three of the eleven members of the Porto Rican Executive Council, or Senate. One of them you have already heard. ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Porto Rico produces some oranges as fine as any grown in Jamaica, ... The conditions are now all favorable in Porto Rico for the growth of citrous fruits in ..."

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