Portishead
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genitive singular of Old English port (“harbour”), portes + heafod (“head”), meaning "the harbour headland".
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editProper noun
editPortishead
- A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).
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