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ILHAVO , a seaport in the See also: district of See also: Aveiro, formerly included in the province of See also: Beira, See also: Portugal, 3 m
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S.W. of Aveiro (q.v.), on the lagoon of Aveiro, an inlet of the See also: Atlantic Ocean
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Pop
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(1900) 12,617
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Ilhavo is inhabited chiefly by fishermen, but has a celebrated manufactory of See also: glass and See also: porcelain, the Vista-Alegre, at which the See also: art of glass-cutting has reached a high degree of perfection
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See also: Salt is largely exported
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Ilhavo is celebrated for the beauty of its See also: women
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It is said to have been founded by See also: Greek colonists about 400 B.C., but this tradition is of doubtful validity
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