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Portland

name
/ˈpɔːtlənd/UK/ˈpɔɹtlənd/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *landą✻
  3. inherited from *land✻
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as portland — “port + land”

Definitions

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

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

  2. The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County

    The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland.

  3. Multiple smaller locales in the United States

    Multiple smaller locales in the United States:

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied…

      A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel.

    2. A locale in Australia

      A locale in Australia:

    3. A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada

      A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.

    4. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.

    5. A parish of Jamaica.

    6. A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand

      A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry.

    7. A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France.

    8. A surname.

    9. The land around a port

      • The decommissioned Hearn power plant is the city's top site to build a long-overdue, four-pad arena to anchor a planned sports complex on the eastern portlands, Toronto Mayor David Miller said yesterday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Portland. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at portland. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at portland

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA