Peninsular

For years, container ports in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami, and New Orleans had been operated by a British conglomerate called the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

The Shadow Market Eric J.Weiner 2010

Those guerrilleros fought La Guerra de la Independencia as the Spanish call the Peninsular War, and some of their enemies were indeed anfrancesados.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

It was the beginning of the so-called Peninsular War, which, with little interruption, was to last until 1813 and to spell the first disasters for Napoleon.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

It is called the Peninsular war because it was fought in and for the Peninsula formed by Spain and Portugal.

An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls Henrietta Elizabeth 1920

(This presumably includes U. K.-based companies such as Peninsular, and others, which together dominate the international shipping and maritime industry.)

Hating Arabs JDsg 2006

(This presumably includes U. K.-based companies such as Peninsular, and others, which together dominate the international shipping and maritime industry.)

Archive 2006-02-01 JDsg 2006

The grey-headed, weather-beaten, disappointed "Peninsular" is coupled with the essenced and dandified Adonis of the corps; the man of literary tastes and cultivated pursuits, with the empty headed, ill informed youth, fresh from Harrow or Westminster.

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete Charles James Lever 1839

The grey-headed, weather-beaten, disappointed "Peninsular" is coupled with the essenced and dandified Adonis of the corps; the man of literary tastes and cultivated pursuits, with the empty headed, ill informed youth, fresh from Harrow or Westminster.

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6 Charles James Lever 1839

The same elected officials (or perhaps some different elected officials, through some other bureaucratic proxy entirely) have hired yet another proxy -- a company based in the United Kingdom called Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O to manage the ports in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami and New Orleans.

U.S. Ports Raise Proxy Problem 2006

The same elected officials (or perhaps some different elected officials, through some other bureaucratic proxy entirely) have hired yet another proxy -- a company based in the United Kingdom called Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O to manage the ports in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami and New Orleans.

U.S. Ports Raise Proxy Problem 2006