Porto Novo

[pawr-toh noh-voh, pohr-]

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noun

a seaport in and the capital of Benin.

Porto Novo

/ ˈpɔːtəʊ ˈnəʊvəʊ /

noun

the capital of Benin, in the southwest on a coastal lagoon: formerly a centre of Portuguese settlement and the slave trade. Pop: 253 000 (2005 est)

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Several people were taken to hospital after the weekend incident in Adjarra town, near the capital Porto Novo.

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“In Porto Novo, where I live, after a heavy rain storm, I saw a doll lying in the mud”, he told BBC Africa.

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In that year the kingdom of Porto Novo accepted a French protectorate, and an Anglo-French agreement of 1864 fixed its boundaries.

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Among the chief towns are Timbuktu and Jenn� on the Niger, Porto Novo in Dahomey, and St Louis and Dakar in Senegal, Dakar being an important naval and commercial port.

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The progress of Hyder was arrested; and in a few months the great victory of Porto Novo retrieved the honor of the English arms.

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portolano Port Orange

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