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Port Harcourt

Meaning of "Port Harcourt" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES PORT HARCOURT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Port Harcourt

Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta. According to the 2006 Nigerian census Port Harcourt has a population of 1,382,592. The port was built in 1912, but not given a name until August 1913, when the Governor of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard, named it "Port Harcourt" in honour of Lewis Vernon Harcourt, then the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The area that became Port Harcourt in 1912 was before that part of the farmlands of the Diobu village group of the Ikwerre, an Igbo sub-group. The colonial administration of Nigeria created the port to export coal from the collieries of Enugu located 151 miles north of Port Harcourt, to which it was linked by a railway called the Eastern Line, also built by the British. In 1956 crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities at Oloibiri, and Port Harcourt's economy turned to petroleum when the first shipment of Nigerian crude oil was exported through the city in 1958. Through the benefits of the Nigerian petroleum industry, Port Harcourt was further developed, with aspects of modernisation such as overpasses and city blocks.

Definition of Port Harcourt in the English dictionary

The definition of Port Harcourt in the dictionary is a port in S Nigeria, capital of Rivers state on the Niger delta: the nation's second largest port; industrial centre. Pop: 942 000.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Port Harcourt in the English dictionary of synonyms

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哈科特港
1,325 millions of speakers
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Port Harcourt
570 millions of speakers
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Port Harcourt
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पोर्ट हरकोर्ट
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بورت هاركورت
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Порт-Харкорт
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port Harcourt
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পোর্ট হারকোর্ট
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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ポートハーコート
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포트 하 커트
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Port Harcourt
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port Harcourt
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போர்ட் ஹர்கோர்ட்
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पोर्ट हार्कोर्ट
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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порт - Харкорт
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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Port Harcourt
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORT HARCOURT»

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A Tri-Generational Study of Language Choice and Shift in ...
... this section, I will draw mainly from the description of Ikwerre social structure and organisation given by Otonnaa (1993), an Ikwerre traditional chief as well as my own observations during the fieldwork phase of my research in Port Harcourt.
Kelechukwu Ihemere, 2007
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A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: The ...
Using the history of the Potts-Johnsons, who lived in the Port Harcourt region of Nigeria from 1912-1984, as a case study, this book reviews the migration history of the Saro in the Niger River delta.
Mac Dixon-Fyle, 1999
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West Africa
As the oil capital of Nigeria, Port Harcourt is a major nexus for the social, environmental and corruption issues facing the country. Orientation Port Harcourt is all urban sprawl. Azikwe Rd runs north from Old Township by the docks, eventually ...
‎2009
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Urban Politics in Nigeria: A Study of Port Harcourt
cial expansion had been, it still had not been able to match the growth of the town's population.32 An estimated 11 percent of Port Harcourt's 180,000 residents were unemployed in 1963.33 Moreover, most of the financial resources of the ...
Howard Wolpe, 1974
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Nigeria: The Bradt Travel Guide
(Vehicles running between Port Harcourt and Calabar drive straight past it so you could feasibly break your journey here.) The museum is housed in a freshly painted, bright yellow colonial consulate building and was opened in 1995. Exhibits ...
Lizzie Williams, 2008
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Environmental Problems in Third World Cities - 7000iied
Urban development and the environment in Port Harcourt by C V Izeogu Dr. Chukudi Vine Izeogu is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and was the Acting Head of the Department from ...
International Institute for Environment & Development, 1989
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Creative Strategies for Conflict Management & Community Building
Christian Ndubueze Anyanwu. 3⁄4 Part 4 covers questions on identifying the causes of ethnic conflicts in Port-Harcourt diocese 3⁄4 Part 5 covers questions on building a Collaborative Community in Port-Harcourt diocese.
Christian Ndubueze Anyanwu, 2009
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Oil in Nigeria: Conflict and Litigation Between Oil ...
Of the names obtained, the vast majority of law firms were located in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warn. Lagos is Nigeria's commercial centre where the greatest number of lawyers reside and where the major oil companies tend to have their ...
Jedrzej George Frynas, 2000
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The Nobel Peace Prize (1901-2000): Handbook of Landmark Records
He followed this with a master's degree in industrial/environmental microbiology from the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Thereafter, he moved to Owerri, Nigeria and founded in 1998, the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Centre ...
Emeka Nwabunnia, Bishop Emeka Ebisi, 2007
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Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa: IAH Selected Papers ...
A.E. Ofoma & O.S. Onwuka Department of Geology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Enugu State, Nigeria S.A. Ngah Institute of Geosciences and Space Technology , Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt. Rivers State ...
Segun Adelana, Alan MacDonald, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORT HARCOURT»

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Better expectations out of Port Harcourt
Prior to the commencement of the side's Caf Confederation Cup campaign the camp of the Port Harcourt side were hit with the exit of their ... «SuperSport, Jul 15»
2
PDP to APC: Explain why Patience Jonathan was humiliated at Port
... the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, at the Port Harcourt airport obviously organized and orchestrated by the Director of Protocol ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
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Arik Air increases flights from Abuja to Port Harcourt
Arik Air, Nigeria and West Africa's leading airline, has increased flight frequency on the Abuja-Port Harcourt-Abuja route from two to three daily ... «The News, Jul 15»
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Police parades soldier, 9 others for robbery, kidnapping in Port
The Rivers Police boss, also said police detectives trailed and arrested a gang of three armed men around Elekahia, Port Harcourt, who ... «P.M. News, Jul 15»
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Port Harcourt Residents Decry Traffic Congestions
port-harcourt Residents of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, have decried the regular traffic congestions around the metropolis. «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Jul 15»
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Port Harcourt – Kano Train Transportation Begins
The trains will leave Kano to Port Harcourt every Thursday and depart Port Harcourt to Kano every Tuesday. The train will offer a mixed service ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
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Duncan Mighty: Singer weds heartthrob in Port Harcourt
Popular Nigerian singer, Duncan Mighty, has exchanged marital vows with his heartthrob, Vivien in a well attended ceremony that held in Port ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Warri and Port Harcourt refineries are back on stream
The Warri and Port Harcourt refineries are back on stream, producing for local consumption, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»
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Patience Jonathan Barred From Using VIP Lounge of Port Harcourt
''Last Friday, July 17, the former first lady arrived Port Harcourt International Airport and made for the VIP lounge as had been the norm. «Nigerian Bulletin, Jul 15»
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PDP Chieftain Shot Dead In Port Harcourt
Daily Sun reports that the incident occurred on July 21, Tuesday, at Osondu's residence off Ada-George road in Port Harcourt. Osondu, who was the PDP's ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
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