Coimbra

[ kween-bruh ]

noun

1. a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.

Coimbra

/ ˈkuimbrə /

noun

1. a city in central Portugal: capital of Portugal from 1190 to 1260; seat of the country's oldest university. Pop: 148 474 (2001)

Example Sentences

Pictures from the scene in Place de Coimbra, an area of the city known for drug-related crimes, showed the restaurant's facade riddled with bullet holes.

From BBC

In China, “as with most state policies regarding marriage, women are the central target,” said Gonçalo Santos, an anthropology professor who studies rural China at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal.

From New York Times

They hired a team of investigators led by renowned forensic scientist Prof Duarte Nuno Vieira of Portugal's Coimbra University.

From BBC

Working off a script by Amiel and Berger, the director Fernando Coimbra — with Blanchard’s invaluable help — crafts a convincing and familiar 1930s Los Angeles atmosphere for this motley crew of strivers and sad sacks to inhabit; it truly is hard to notice the creative handoff that has occurred between seasons.

From New York Times

But Prof George Nash, of the University of Liverpool and Coimbra University in Portugal, believes we should guard against judging Buckland too harshly.

From BBC