Ponta Delgada

[ Portuguese pawn-tuh del-gah-duh ]

noun

1. a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.

Ponta Delgada

/ ˈpontə ðɛlˈɡaðə /

noun

1. a port in the E Azores, on S São Miguel Island: chief commercial centre of the archipelago. Pop: 65 853 (2001)

Example Sentences

On a shorter flight in October, I bid the minimum, $200, on an Azores Airlines upgrade when returning from Ponta Delgada in the Azores to Boston, though the suggested starting bid was $250.

From New York Times

Several companies run daily boats from Ponta Delgada to see the leviathans just offshore.

From Washington Post

So one morning, I signed up for an offshore dive with Season Challenge in Ponta Delgada, the Azores’ capital city.

From Washington Post

He said he planned to fix the issues once he arrived at the "beautiful marina" of Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores.

From BBC

On Jan. 19, he posted about problems with the solar charger of his water desalinator, but said he was "not in danger", as he was heading towards the mid-Atlantic port of Ponta Delgada in the Azores with fair wind.

From Reuters