Hilton Head Island Weather. Hilton Head Islandâs weather is ideal for those wanting to explore the outdoors and soak up the sunshine. The Hilton Head area features a balmy, subtropical climate year round. The largest barrier island off the Atlantic coast between Long Island and the Bahamas, Hilton Head is located 40 miles north of Savannah, GA, and 90 miles south of Charleston, SC.
1 Portuguese: habitational name from Porto (Oporto). 2  Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places, especially in Galicia, named Porto, usually in the sense âmountain passâ. 3  Italian: habitational name from any of numerous minor places named or named with Porto, from porto âportâ, âharborâ. Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places, especially in Galicia, named Porto, usually in the sense âmountain passâ. 2  Italian: habitational name from any of numerous minor places named or named with Porto, from porto âportâ, âharborâ.
One of Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named for Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the caves of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport and export of the fortified wine.n the 14th and the 15th centuries, Porto's shipyards contributed to the development of Portuguese shipbuilding. It was also from the port of Porto that, in 1415, Prince Henry the Navigator (son of John I of Portugal) embarked on the conquest of the Moorish port of Ceuta, in northern Morocco.