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Porus.

A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.

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  1. A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.

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One theory expounded by Wikipedia is that is from porous, for porous soil. Another is that it is from Porras, a captain on the 2nd voyage of Columbus when he landed in Jamaica (Ralway Magazine, November-December 1945, page 340).

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