PORTOBELO

Meaning of PORTOBELO in English

Pronunciation: ˌ po ̇ r-t ō - ' be-( ˌ )l ō

Function: geographical name

town & port Panama on Caribbean coast; the great emporium of S. American trade in 17th & 18th centuries

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PORTOBELO — geographical name town & port Panama on Caribbean coast; the great emporium of South American trade in 17th & 18th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PORTOBELO — geographical name town & port Panama on Caribbean coast; the great emporium of South American trade in 17th & 18th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORTOBELO — also spelled Puerto Bello, village situated along the Caribbean coast of east-central Panama. The name Portobelo, meaning "beautiful harbour," was …
Britannica English vocabulary
MORGAN, SIR HENRY — born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan, Wales died Aug. 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jam. Welsh buccaneer. In the second Anglo-Dutch War , …
Английский словарь Британика
BUCCANEER — English, French, or Dutch sea adventurer, who haunted chiefly the Caribbean and the Pacific seaboard of South America, preying on …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPANISH TREASURE FLEET — from the 16th to the 18th century, Spanish convoy of ships transporting European goods to the Spanish colonies in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PANAMA, ISTHMUS OF — Spanish Istmo De Panam, land link extending east-west about 400 miles (640 km) from the border of Costa Rica to …
Britannica English vocabulary
PANAMA, GULF OF — Spanish Golfo De Panam, inlet of the Pacific Ocean, bordering the southern side of the Isthmus of Panama. It is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PANAMA CITY — Spanish Panam, capital of the Republic of Panama, located near the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, on the Bay …
Britannica English vocabulary
MORGAN, SIR HENRY — born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan, Wales died Aug. 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jam. Welsh buccaneer, most famous of the adventurers who …
Britannica English vocabulary
DARIN — geographic region of the easternmost Isthmus of Panama; it extends into northwestern Colombia, around the Gulf of Urab (a section …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOSCAWEN, EDWARD
Britannica English vocabulary
MORGAN, SIR HENRY — born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan, Wales died Aug. 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jam. Welsh buccaneer. In the second Anglo-Dutch War , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

← PORTO-NOVO PORTSMOUTH→