Aveiro, a town of Portugal, in the province of Beira, 40 miles S. of Oporto by rail. It is situated on the Ria d'Aveiro, a salt lake or lagoon, joined to the sea by a canal. Aveiro is a bishop's see, manufactures sea-salt, and has valuable fisheries of sardines and oysters. Pop. 7167.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 610
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