Portland.
The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the city in Maine.
Meaning & usage
The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the city in Maine.
The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A town in Ashley County, Arkansas; named for its steamboat port.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado; named for the local Portland cement industry.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A census-designated place in Ouray County, Colorado.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut; named for the Isle of Portland.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Georgia; named for the local Portland cement industry.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A city, the county seat of Jay County, Indiana; named for the city in Maine.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A township and census-designated place therein, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A city and township in Ionia County, Michigan.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri; named for its port.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A minor city in Traill County, North Dakota.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; named for the city in Maine.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A city in Sumner County and Robertson County, Tennessee.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A city in San Patricio County, Texas; named for the city in Maine.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: An unincorporated community in Portland, Dodge County and town of Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
Multiple smaller locales in the United States: Some other townships, listed under Portland Township.
A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel.
A locale in Australia: A town in the City of Lithgow, New South Wales; named for the local Portland cement industry.
A locale in Australia: A city in Victoria; named for British politician William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.
A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.
A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
A parish of Jamaica.
A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry.
A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
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 Middle English Portland English Portland Inherited from Middle English Portland. By surface analysis, port + land.
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