Portland

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

Proper noun

  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...

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  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. - 2024 June...
  3. Multiple smaller locales in the United States:
    1. A town in Ashley County, Arkansas; named for its steamboat port.

    2. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado; named for the local Portland cement industry.

    3. A census-designated place in Ouray County, Colorado.

    4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut; named for the Isle of Portland.

    5. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Georgia; named for the local Portland cement industry.

    6. A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.

    7. A city, the county seat of Jay County, Indiana; named for the city in Maine.

    8. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

    9. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.

    10. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.

    11. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

    12. A city and township in Ionia County, Michigan.

    13. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri; named for its port.

    14. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.

    15. A minor city in Traill County, North Dakota.

    16. An unincorporated community in Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio.

    17. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; named for the city in Maine.

    18. A city in Sumner County and Robertson County, Tennessee.

    19. A city in San Patricio County, Texas; named for the city in Maine.

    20. A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

    21. An unincorporated community in Portland, Dodge County and town of Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

    22. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

    23. Some other townships, listed under Portland Township.

  4. A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel.
  5. A locale in Australia:
    1. A town in the City of Lithgow, New South Wales; named for the local Portland cement industry.

    2. A city in Victoria; named for British politician William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.

  6. A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.
  7. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  8. A parish of Jamaica.
  9. A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry.
  10. A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France.
  11. A surname.

Origin

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.

Wikipedia

Portland

Derived

Cape Portland Isle of Portland Lower Portland Portland Bill Portland cement Portlander Portlandian portlandite Portlandite Portland North Portland Parish Portland ribbon wave Portland rose Portland vase Portland West South Portland Weymouth and Portland