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Ribeira Grande

Ribeira Grande proper noun: a city and municipality of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal.

Proper noun

Ribeira Grande

  1. A city and municipality of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
  2. A city in the northeast of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
  3. one of the longest streams of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

Origin of Ribeira Grande

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Ribeira Grande big or large river

Questions about Ribeira Grande

What does Ribeira Grande mean?
Ribeira Grande means a city and municipality of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
What part of speech is Ribeira Grande?
Ribeira Grande is a proper noun.

Words near Ribeira Grande in the dictionary

  1. Ribden
  2. Ribe
  3. Ribeauvillé
  4. ribectomy
  5. Ribeira
  6. Ribeira Grande
  7. Ribeiro
  8. ribeiroid
  9. Ribeirão das Neves
  10. Ribeirão Prêto
  11. Ribera

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