Praya

Praya

Praya, 1) Stadt auf der Azoreninsel Terceira (Westafrika), Hafen, Getreidehandel; 3000 Ew.; litt 1614 u. 1842 durch Erdbeben; 2) Hauptstadt der Capverdischen Insel San Jago, Hafen, Sitz des Gouverneurs u. eines Bischofs; 3000 Ew.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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