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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 Trinidadplay

  Familiarity information: PORT-OF-SPAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORT-OF-SPAIN (noun)


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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