In dictionaries:
port royal sound
a coastal sound, or inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the Sea Islands region, in Beaufort County in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
Port Royal Cays
a small group of uninhabited islands or cays off Port Royal, Jamaica, located at and arranged in the shape of an atoll with a diameter between 4 and 5 km, and a total area of 12 km2.
Battle of Port Royal
The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861.
Port Royal Experiment
a program begun during the American Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by planters.
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