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Terceira

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Ter·cei·ra  (tr-sîr, tr-sr)
An island of the central Azores in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Terceira (Portuguese) [tərˈsəirə]
n
(Placename) an island in the N Atlantic, in the Azores: NATO military air base. Pop.: 60 000 (latest est.). Area: 397 sq. km (153 sq. miles)


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-- who, being expelled from Lisbon, had retired to the island of Terceira, where he amused himself, not, like the great Conde, with watering his carnations, but with growing tulips -- had, on seeing the Boxtel tulip, exclaimed, "Not so bad, by any means
 
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