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PERNAGOA

Volume 17 · 59 words · 1860 Edition

a town of Brazil, province of Piauiy, Pernagoa stands on the E. side of a large lake of the same name, 250 miles S.S.W. of Oeiras. It is the seat of a justice of the peace; and contains a fine church. Some trade is carried on in tobacco grown in the vicinity, and in horses and mules. Pop. 4000.