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Definition of Port of spain

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad.

Definition of Port of spain

1. Proper noun. The capital of Trinidad and Tobago. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Port Of Spain

Literary usage of Port of spain

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 (1913)
"The cathedral of Port of Spain was built during his administration. ... Mgr. Ferdinand English was appointed to Port of Spain. He was succeeded by Mgr. JL ..."

2. 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)
"Spanish is spoken in some parishes of Trinidad and by Venezuelan residents of Port of Spain. There are also many Portuguese. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Spanish is spoken in some parishes of Trinidad and by Venezuelan residents of Port of Spain. There are also many Portuguese. Confessors with a knowledge of ..."

4. The English in the West Indies; Or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude (1888)
"... the Last Buccaneer '—A French forban —Adventure at Aves—Mass on board a pirate ship—Port of Spain— A house in the tropics—A political meeting—Government ..."

5. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1903)
"DELAMERE (AE) The Old Bar and the New Port of Spain, 1899. 8°. 00005. de. ... 07108. e. EPHEM. Creole Almanack for Trinidad. Port of Spain, 1890, etc. 8°. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"... for the purpose of ‘procuring and taking in a part of her return cargo, and with a view of returning to the port of Spain, that being the only port in ..."

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