Example sentences for: coimbra

How can you use “coimbra” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The lovely university city of Coimbra dominates the Beira Litoral (Coastal Beira).

  • Coimbra Environs

  • After a revolution in 1926, General António Óscar Carmona assumed control, two years later entrusting the economy to António de Oliveira Salazar, an economics professor at Coimbra University.

  • Along the Mondego, 28 km (17 miles) west of Coimbra, is the sturdy and imposing 14th-century castle at Montemor-o-Velho (the home town of the wanderer Fernão Mendes Pinto), affording superb views.

  • Wending their way up to the University are several small streets that hide repúblicas (halls of residence similar to fraternities and sororities) and numerous small bars that reverberate to the strains of Coimbra’s own distinctive version of fado (see page 128).


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