Portland

See also: portland

English

Etymology

port +‎ land

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹtlənd/

Proper noun

Portland

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

   Synonym: PDX

2. The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland.
3. A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel.
4. A locale in Australia.
   1. A city in Victoria; named for British politician William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.
   2. A town in South Australia; named for the local Portland cement industry.
5. A community in Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.
6. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
7. A parish of Jamaica.
8. A locality near Whangarei, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry.
9. Multiple smaller locales in the United States.
   1. A city in Texas; named for the city in Maine.
   2. A city in Tennessee.
   3. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
   4. A town in Connecticut; named for the Isle of Portland.
   5. A city, the county seat of Jay County, Indiana; named for the city in Maine.
   6. A town in New York.
   7. A city in Michigan; named for its port.
   8. A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
   9. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   10. A city in North Dakota.
   11. A borough of Pennsylvania; named for the city in Maine.
   12. A town in Arkansas; named for its steamboat port.
   13. A census-designated place in Ouray County, Colorado.
   14. A census-designated place in Iowa.
   15. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado; named for the local Portland cement industry.
   16. An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for the local Portland cement industry.
   17. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
   18. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
   19. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for its port.
   20. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
10. A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France.

Derived terms

• Isle of Portland
• Portland Bill
• Portland cement
• Portlander
• Portlandian
• Portland Parish
• Portland ribbon wave
• Portland vase
• Weymouth and Portland

 

Translations

townland in Ireland

• Irish: Port Tulcháin

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Portlando
• Greek: Πόρτλαντ (el) n (Pórtlant)

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Portlandsche Polder in 1839-1859. Borrowed from English Portland. Named after Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and lord of Rhoon.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Port‧land

Proper noun

Portland n

1. A neighbourhood of Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “portland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN