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Port Harcourt

Port Harcourt proper noun: the largest city and state capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.

Proper noun

Port Harcourt

  1. The largest city and state capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.
    • The Floodes’ house was one of the many colonial-style buildings on the Port Harcourt waterfront, where most of the wealthy expatriate oil workers lived.2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 120
    • Tamunowari Tetenta, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student, says he has attempted to register for his NIN on nine different occasions in Port Harcourt, a city southeast of Lagos.2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021

Origin of Port Harcourt

Named after British politician Lewis Harcourt.

Questions about Port Harcourt

What does Port Harcourt mean?
Port Harcourt means the largest city and state capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.
What part of speech is Port Harcourt?
Port Harcourt is a proper noun.

Words near Port Harcourt in the dictionary

  1. Port Gaverne
  2. Port Gibson
  3. Port Glasgow
  4. Port Gordon
  5. Port Hacking
  6. Port Harcourt
  7. Port Harcourtian
  8. Port Harcourtians
  9. Port Hawkesbury
  10. Port Hedland
  11. Port Hills

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