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Ponce (pōn`sā), city (1990 pop. 187,749), S Puerto Rico. One of Puerto Rico's largest cities, it is the island's chief Caribbean port. Ponce is also an agricultural trade and distribution center. Industries include tourism, the processing of agricultural products, rum distilling, canning, and diamond cutting. Manufactures include textiles, shoes, cement, paper, electrical devices, and metal products. Founded in the early 16th cent., Ponce is one of the oldest cities in the Americas. It is the seat of the Catholic Univ. of Puerto Rico (est. 1948) and a regional college of the Univ. of Puerto Rico. Landmarks include a cathedral, an 18th-century fort, and many preserved old Spanish homes and churches. Ponce a port in S Puerto Rico, on the Caribbean: the second largest town on the island; settled in the 16th century. Pop.: 185 930 (2003 est.) Ponce de Leon, Juan (c. 1460–1521) seeking the “fountain of youth,” he discovered Florida and explored its coast. [Sp. Hist.: Benét, 802] See : Exploration Ponce city in southern Puerto Rico. Population, 167,900 (1972). Ponce is a port on the Caribbean. It has oil-refining, petrochemical, food-processing (sugar and rum), and textile industries. The center of a sugarcane region, Ponce exports sugar, rum, and petroleum products. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Born into a very wealthy family, he has ponced about all his life, becoming a drug addict, pretending to be an artist, preening himself and becoming enamoured of the ex-criminal Jimmy Boyle, to the extent that he allowed himself to be sodomised by him. And does anyone actually want ponced up potatoes, fancy gravy or anything other than straightforward sausages? After Blair - with his craven crawling to Washington and Brussels, with his disastrous decision to con us into helping him destroy Iraq, with the inestimable damage he has done to our multi-cultural society, with the villas ponced in Tuscany and Barbados, with the impression that he and his wife intend to milk his position for all it is worth - after all that, we just want our Prime Minister to cause as little damage as possible. |
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