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Horta

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Horta (hôr`tə, Port. ôr`tə), town (1991 pop. 4,907), capital of Horta dist., in the Azores Azores , Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (1991 pop. 241,592), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), in the Atlantic Ocean, c.900 mi (1,448 km) W of mainland Portugal.
..... Click the link for more information. , Portugal, on Faial island. It has an excellent harbor with shipyards and is a military air base.
Horta1
Victor. 1861--1947, Belgian architect, best known for his early buildings in Art Nouveau style
Horta2
a port in the Azores, on the SE coast of Fayal Island


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As Horta grunted and charged, slashing the sturdy jungle patriarch with his mighty tusks until the bark flew in every direction, Tarzan dropped to the ground behind him.
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Horta passed beneath Tarzan--a few more steps and he would be within the radius of Numa's spring.
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We landed under the walls of a little fort, armed with batteries of twelve-and-thirty-two-pounders, which Horta considered a most formidable institution, but if we were ever to get after it with one of our turreted monitors, they would have to move it out in the country if they wanted it where they could go and find it again when they needed it.
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