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Ship sailing in the Bay of Angra, the Azores Islands, Portugal, ~1905

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2121386/ship-sailing-in-the-bay-of-angra-the-azores-islands-portugal-1905

Jun 7 at 1:37pmWeb
Show threadacockworkorange6d ago

Bay of bay?

Edit: just read the handwritten caption. “Na Bahia de Angra. Ilha Terceira” At the Bay of Bay, Third Island. Yes, the name of the Island is “Third”. Creative people these azoreans.

Show threadschmorp6d ago
They ran out of names naming Porto ‘Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta Cidade’
Show threadacockworkorange6d ago
So azoreans did not name Porto. But they might as well have given that’s just adjectives. The name of the city is Port. Because there’s a port in it.
Show threadPonyOfWar6d ago
Haha, it’s shortened to be fair. The city’s full name is Angra do Heroísmo, the “Bay of Heroism”, which is kind of a badass name.
Show threadacockworkorange6d ago
That’s leaps and bounds better.