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Nictheroy

[ nik-tuh-roi, nee- ]

noun



Nictheroy

/ niteˈrɔi /

noun

  1. another name for Niterói
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At the conclusion of the meeting, which lasted upwards of three hours, His Majesty conversed very affably with the Austrian gentlemen, and presented each with a copy of a national poem, "Confera�ao dos Tamoyos," by a native poet, Gon�alves de Magalhaes, and recently printed at His Majesty's expense, which relates the wars of the Tamoyos with the Portuguese residents of San147 Vincente—the last struggle of that heroic Indian race, the founding of Rio, and the subjugation of the entire force, under Nictheroy, by the Portuguese.

Nictheroy, just across the harbor of Rio, on the east side of the bay, is a sort of faubourg of the capital, with which it is connected by a line of steam ferry-boats, as Chelsea is with Boston, or Brooklyn with the city of New York.

It is quite a relief to get on to one of the ferry-boats and cross over to Nictheroy occasionally, for a breath of pure air.

We have com back to Rio or near it to wate for a Spanish Torpedo Boat that has bin laying around hear for the last 3 days and at the same time to take the Nictheroy.

Have Nictheroy as a transport boat.

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