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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of central Portugal north-northeast of Lisbon. It is noted for its university, founded in Lisbon in 1290 and transferred to Coimbra in 1537.

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Examples

  • He grew up and was educated in Coimbra, but after having been professor there and also professor of neurology in Lisbon in 1911-14, he devoted some years to business and politics.

    Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize 1998

  • Two years afterwards, in order to avoid the frequent visits of his friends, which interfere with habits of retirement, he asked permission of his superior to remove to the convent of Santa Cruz at Coimbra, which is of the same order.

    The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Chalippe, Father Candide 1917

  • Coimbra, which is in central Portugal, is an easy place to get to and a cheap place to stay.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH KUGEL 2012

  • The Portuguese went against the wishes of his family by leaving the Estádio do Dragão to maintain a nomadic lifestyle that has taken him to London, Milan, Coimbra and Porto over the past four years.

    André Villas-Boas: 'I'm expected to win straight away at Chelsea' 2011

  • Within two weeks of his appointment at Académica in October 2009, the Portuguese had attracted a serious offer from Sporting Lisbon to take over at the club – he had overseen two games as a manager in that time, a 3-2 defeat at Porto and a 2-0 success over Vitória de Guimarães – only to reject the chance to move so soon and remain in Coimbra.

    Chelsea's André Villas-Boas will select duo even if they are leaving 2011

  • All of this is remarkable enough until you consider that Mr. Villas Boas is just 33 years old and, prior to this season, had just 23 league games 'worth of managerial experience, all of them at Academica Coimbra, the provincial club which appointed him just over a year ago.

    Meet Portugal's Boy Genius Gabriele Marcotti 2010

  • The students were variously said to be from either Lisbon or Coimbra, received sentences ranging from two to seven years, were either two males or a male and a female, and were either arrested in a bar or in a restaurant.

    Bill Shipsey: The "Toast to Freedom" That Led to Amnesty International Bill Shipsey 2011

  • The Portuguese went against the wishes of his family by leaving the Estádio do Dragão to maintain a nomadic lifestyle that has taken him to London, Milan, Coimbra and Porto over the past four years.

    André Villas-Boas: 'I'm expected to win straight away at Chelsea' 2011

  • The students were variously said to be from either Lisbon or Coimbra, received sentences ranging from two to seven years, were either two males or a male and a female, and were either arrested in a bar or in a restaurant.

    Bill Shipsey: The "Toast to Freedom" That Led to Amnesty International Bill Shipsey 2011

  • The students were variously said to be from either Lisbon or Coimbra, received sentences ranging from two to seven years, were either two males or a male and a female, and were either arrested in a bar or in a restaurant.

    Bill Shipsey: The "Toast to Freedom" That Led to Amnesty International Bill Shipsey 2011

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