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Terceira

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Terceira (tĕrsā`rə), island (1991 pop. 59,248), 153 sq mi (396 sq km), in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores Azores (əzôrz`, ā`zôrz), Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (1991 pop.
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, Portugal. The chief town is Angra do Heroísmo, which gives its name to the district. Grains, cattle, and embroidery are exported, and there is a growing tourist trade. There is a NATO air base there.
Terceira
an island in the N Atlantic, in the Azores: NATO military air base. Pop.: 55 833 (2001). Area: 397 sq. km (153 sq. miles)


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-- who, being expelled from Lisbon, had retired to the island of Terceira, where he amused himself, not, like the great Conde, with watering his carnations, but with growing tulips -- had, on seeing the Boxtel tulip, exclaimed, "Not so bad, by any means
 
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