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Definition of Port-au-prince

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Haiti.

Definition of Port-au-prince

1. Proper noun. The capital of Haiti. ¹

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Literary usage of Port-au-prince

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In 1802 General Leclerc restored the former jurisdictions of Cap-Haïtien and Port-au- Prince, and named as prefects Apostolic Pères Corneille Brelle, ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"The latter remained continually at the seat of war, conducting himself the military operations, and represented at Port au Prince by his Secretary of ..."

3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Port-au- Prince had been reinforced by some troops from Europe, who drove the revolters from the city with great slaughter : they, however, before their ..."

4. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1818)
"At half past four the Port au Prince was close on the lee-shore ... The Port au Prince immediately bent a new main-top-sail, when the Astraea, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"By WILLIAM G. SMITH, MD of Port Au Prince. IN Hayti, as in all warm climates, tetanus prevails to a considerable extent, but it would seem most confined to ..."

6. Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti by Samuel Hazard (1873)
"These people were mostly members of the Senate and House on their way to Port-au- Prince, where these bodies were just going into session. ..."

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