Porto Inglês

proper noun

Former name of Cidade do Maio, though it is colloquially still uses

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Former name of Cidade do Maio, though it is colloquially still uses

Origin

  1. PortuguesePorto Inglês
  2. EnglishPorto 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.

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Porto Inglês. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Porto%20Ingl%C3%AAs

MLA

“Porto Inglês.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Porto%20Ingl%C3%AAs. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Porto Inglês,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Porto%20Ingl%C3%AAs.

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