Pori

American  

[pawr-ee, paw-ree] / ˈpɔr i, ˈpɔ ri /

noun

1. a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.

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Pori British  

/ ˈpɔri /

noun

1. Swedish name: Björneborg. a port in SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia. Pop: 76 189 (2003 est)

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Pori

That would allow developer Jeff Pori to build a short road into the park from his adjacent property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Pori knew getting approval would be an uphill battle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Pori, through his real-estate firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital, wants to build something similar to what Hazel Green Ranch’s former owner had proposed: a 150-room lodge and cabins scattered around the meadow’s perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Pori said he first asked Yosemite officials two years ago for an easement that would allow him to build his proposed road and was told “no.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Their first care was to send for the master’s mate, who had escaped to the island of Pori, and had been left behind when the whale-boat came down to the rock.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

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