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PORT-OF-SPAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Port-of-Spain mean?
• PORT-OF-SPAIN (noun)
The noun PORT-OF-SPAIN has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad
Familiarity information: PORT-OF-SPAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Trinidad and Tobago; Port-of-Spain; Port of Spain
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Port-of-Spain" is a part of...):
Trinidad (an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela)
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