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Porto Novo

Meaning of "Porto Novo" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PORTO NOVO

ˈpɔːtəʊ ˈnəʊvəʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTO NOVO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Porto Novo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORTO NOVO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Porto-Novo

Porto-Novo is the official capital of the West African nation of Benin, and was the capital of French Dahomey. The commune covers an area of 110 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. Porto-Novo is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in the southeastern portion of the country. It is Benin's second-largest city, and although Porto-Novo is the official capital, where the national legislature sits, the larger city of Cotonou is the seat of government, where most of the government buildings are situated and government departments operate. The region around Porto-Novo produces palm oil, cotton and kapok. Petroleum was discovered off the coast of the city in the 1990s, and has become an important export.

Definition of Porto Novo in the English dictionary

The definition of Porto Novo in the dictionary is the capital of Benin, in the southwest on a coastal lagoon: formerly a centre of Portuguese settlement and the slave trade. Pop: 253 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTO NOVO

Antananarivo · arvo · avo · bravo · centavo · convo · Corvo · devo · divo · evo · nouveau · nouveaux · octavo · Pavo · Primitivo · Provo · salvo · servo · vivo · voe

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTO NOVO

Portnet · Porto · Porto Alegre · Porto Rican · Porto Rico · Porto Velho · portobello · Portobelo

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTO NOVO

ab ovo · Belovo · Byelovo · de novo · Dimitrovo · espressivo · galvo · in vivo · incavo · Ivanovo · Kemerovo · Kosevo · Kosovo · multum in parvo · parvo · rilievo · rivo · Sarajevo · Svevo · zemstvo

Synonyms and antonyms of Porto Novo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Porto Novo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTO NOVO

Find out the translation of Porto Novo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Porto Novo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Porto Novo» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

波多诺伏
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Porto Novo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Porto Novo
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पोर्टो नोवो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بورتو نوفو
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Порто-Ново
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Porto Novo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পোর্টো নোভো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Porto-Novo
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Porto Novo
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Porto Novo
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ポルトノボ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

포르토 노보
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Porto Novo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Porto Novo
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

போர்டோ நோவோ
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्टो नोवो
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Porto Novo
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Porto Novo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Porto Novo
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Порто - Ново
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Porto Novo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Porto Novo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Porto Novo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Porto Novo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Porto Novo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Porto Novo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTO NOVO»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTO NOVO»

Discover the use of Porto Novo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Porto Novo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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West Africa
MUSEUMS Porto Novo has three rather original museums, which will fill you in on history, culture and tradition. The privately owned Musée Da Silva (%20 21 50 71; Ave Liotard; admission CFA2000; h9am-6pm) is a wonderfully eccentric and  ...
‎2009
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Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic ...
Location: On the Lagoon of Porto-Novo in southeast Benin, thirty-two kilometers east of Cotonou along the Gulf of Guinea. Description: Nominal capital of Benin. Founded in the sixteenth century, Porto-Novo was a primary port for the slave ...
Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger, 2014
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Cape Verde (Other Places Travel Guide)
The port, sticking out into the Atlantic, is the thumb and Porto Novo, the broad palm. From Porto Novo, the roads spread out in different directions, like fingers, covering separate areas of the island. Though some roads now connect, it is best to ...
Callie Flood, 2010
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Cape Verde
FESTIVALS. e big festival of the year is São João Baptista on 24 June. It begins with a 20km procession of the cross from the mountains down into Porto Novo – done to the accompaniment of drumming.
Aisling Irwin, Colum Wilson, 2011
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Benin: The Bradt Travel Guide
Porto-Novo. A narrow road built straight across Lac Nakoue will deposit you at the foot of the city and from here a road runs up the gentle hill to a square with a statue of King Toffa. This essentially marks the beginning of the town with the ...
Stuart Butler, 2006
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Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and ...
.sive colony of Dahomey would not be established until the conthe kingdom of Dahomey in 1894, the Porto Novo kingdom had des sought French protection against the Dahomean kingdom. 02, Porto Novo had become, as one French official ...
J. Lorand Matory, 2009
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House of Commons Papers
10 c), making an aggregate of eighteen thousand and thirty-seven Porto Novo Pagodas thirty fanams and seventy-nine cash (P. N.P* 18,037. 3or* 79 c.) ; and having duly investigated the said two Claims agreeably to the terms of the said ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1831
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The Languages of Urban Africa
Adeniran. 9.1 Introduction This chapter traces the sociohistorical origin of societal multilingualism in Porto Novo, the capital of the Republic of Benin, and discusses the status of Egun, French, Yoruba, English (a second language of wider ...
Fiona Mc Laughlin, 2011
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The Slavery Reader
Ironically, on arrival in Bahia, he was initially arrested on suspicion of smuggling, but he was related after a month in prison, and his property was restored to him. 23 In Porto-Novo a little later, the leading trader was one Pierre, whose African ...
Gad J. Heuman, James Walvin, 2003
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Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal
i. p. 350, has the following description, "The next Place of Commerce [to Ne« apatam] is Porto Novo, so called by the Portugueze, when the Sea-coasts of India belonged to them; but when Aurengzeb subdued Golcondah, and the Portugueze ...
Thomas Bowrey, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTO NOVO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Porto Novo is used in the context of the following news items.
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FC Porto Adrián novamente ligado ao Fenerbahçe
FC Porto Novo passo nos processos de recuperação para Martins Indi e Imbula. Os dois jogadores já estiveram no relvado no treino da tarde ... «A Bola, Jul 15»
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Nápoles é o escolhido na apresentação dos dragões
FC Porto Novo passo nos processos de recuperação para Martins Indi e Imbula. Os dois jogadores já estiveram no relvado no treino da tarde ... «A Bola, Jul 15»
3
Nigerians in London form supporters club for Okagbare
Apart from Cote d'Ivoire's Ahoure, who won the 100m at the African Senior Athletics Championship in Porto Novo, Benin Republic in 2012, ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Ikpeazu to sponsor youths to Porto Novo
Abia State Governor, Ikpeazu AWAY from giving free cars and stipends to the youth as empowerment measure, Abia State Governor, Okezie ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Black box data from Dornier will reveal how it happened | Chennai …
The flight data recorder, which was brought in a ship from Porto Novo near Chidambaram to Chennai, is now at Coast Guard air station in ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
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Missing parts of Dornier aircraft found off coast of Porto Novo
CHENNAI: A few more parts of missing Coast Guard's (CG) Dornier aircraft have been found by the Reliance's multi-functional support vessel ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Karaikal port gets its first vessel
The vessel carried a load of 72,200 metric tonnes of coal from Indonesia for IL& FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited, located at Porto Novo, ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Porto Novo: an African city taking action against climate change
Porto Novo in Benin, Rouen in France and Da Nang in Vietnam are three examples of cities that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. «eNCA, Jun 15»
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Benin: Porto Novo - an African City Taking Action Against Climate …
Porto Novo in Benin, Rouen in France and Da Nang in Vietnam are taking steps to mitigate the harsh effects of climate change, which will hit ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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Rio de Janeiro Needs R$42.5 Billion More for Infrastrucure
Construction work in 2013 on the new tunnel linking Rua Primeiro de Março and Praça Mauá, photo by Porto Novo. The BNDES announced in ... «The Rio Times, Jun 15»
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