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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 405 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEIXOES , a seaport and See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

REFUGE

refuge of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal; in 41° 9' 10" N., 8° 40' 35" W., 3 M. N. of the mouth of the See also:

DOURO (Span. Duero, Port. Douro, anc. Durius)

Douro. Leixoes is included in the See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Matozinhos (pop. 1900, 7690) and constitutes the See also:

main See also:

PORT

port of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

OPORTO (i.e. o Porto, " the port ")

Oporto (q.v.), with which it is connected by an electric See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway. The harbour, of artificial construction, has an See also:

AREA

area of over 220 acres, and admits vessels of any See also:

SIZE

size, the See also:

DEPTH

depth at the entrance being nearly 50 ft. The transference of See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo to and from See also:

SHIPS

ships lying in the Leixoes See also:

basin is effected entirely by means of lighters from Oporto. In addition to See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, &c., from Oporto, large See also:

numbers of emigrants to See also:

South See also:

AMERICA

America are taken on See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board here. The See also:

trade of the port is mainly in See also:

BRITISH

British hands, and large numbers of British ships See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call at Leixoes on the voyage between See also:

LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon and See also:

Liverpool, See also:

LONDON

London or See also:

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