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Port Harcourt
[ hahr-kert, -kawrt, -kohrt ]
noun
- a seaport in S Nigeria.
Port Harcourt
/ -kɔːt; ˈhɑːkət /
noun
- a port in S Nigeria, capital of Rivers state on the Niger delta: the nation's second largest port; industrial centre. Pop: 942 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
Martins Ifeanacho, professor of sociology at the University of Port Harcourt, says this gap and resulting class divide has grown since Nigeria's independence from the UK in 1960.
Libyan officials claimed they were rerouted to Port Harcourt and also accused the Nigerians of not providing them a bus to cover the 130km journey to Uyo, leaving them stranded for hours.
"Their parents were in Abuja or Port Harcourt or Lagos but they said they were Chibok girls."
When I began my journalism career as a sports broadcaster at a small radio station in Port Harcourt, I was told I lacked finesse in my pronunciation before I was presented with a Daniel Jones Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary - the holy grail of speaking like the British.
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Burna Boy spent significant time on the road as a child.
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