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Vinony

Portland

proper noun

  1. city in Oregon, USA
  2. city in Maine, USA
  3. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːtlənd/ / /ˈpɔɹtlənd/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Portland English Portland Inherited from Old English Portland. By surface analysis, port + land.

  1. The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the city in Maine.

    ““Here is what I do know – the president has sent agents here to create chaos and riots here in Portland, to induce a reaction. To induce protests. To induce conflicts. His goal is to make Portland look as he was describing it as,” Merkley said. “Our job is to say, ‘We are not going to take the bait.’””

  2. The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland.

    “Visitors to Maine, arriving with visions of lighthouses and lobsters, often bypass Portland on their way northeast to Acadia National Park or the many picturesque fishing villages of the state’s mid-coast.”

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  26. A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel.
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  29. A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.
  30. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  31. A parish of Jamaica.
  32. A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry.
  33. A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France.
  34. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From port + land.

  1. The land around a port

    “The decommissioned Hearn power plant is the city's top site to build a long-overdue, four-pad arena to anchor a planned sports complex on the eastern portlands, Toronto Mayor David Miller said yesterday.”