Etymology

Porto Inglês

Today it means: Former name of Cidade do Maio, though it is colloquially still uses Full definition →

Portuguese Porto Inglês
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  1. Portuguese · derived fromPorto Inglês
  2. English todayPorto Inglês

From Portuguese Porto Inglês "English Port" where once the English (or the British) used for exporting salt from the mid-18th to the 19th or the early 20th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.