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Ponce
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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.
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While the nation stews in the aftermath of the terror threat, Blair ponces around the Caribbean in his floral-print swimwear.
SICK OF TONY PL AYING AWAY by The Mirror (London, England)
It's very nice and he ponces around in it saying: "This is lovely, where did it come from?
Alison's Diary by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
While Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon ponces around, his nose in the air, agreeing to everything the Americans demand, the safety of the British people is put at risk by politicians whose first duty is to protect the civilian population, right here, at home, right now.
Paul Routledge's column: Stick to home front, Mr Blair by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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