Portland

[ pawrt-luhnd, pohrt- ]

/ ˈpɔrt lənd, ˈpoʊrt- /

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noun

a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.

a seaport in SW Maine, on Casco Bay.

a town in S Texas.

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Words nearby Portland

portion, portion-controlled, portioner, Port Jackson, Port Jackson willow, Portland, Portland cement, Portlaoise, Port Lavaca, Port Louis, portly

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How to use Portland in a sentence

Next up for the Wizards is a four-game road trip out West, where they will face Portland, both Los Angeles teams and a return game at Denver in a six-day span.
Davis Bertans looks like his old self, and Bradley Beal averts disaster against the Nuggets|Ava Wallace|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
If you’re headed to ski-area RV lots in the Pacific Northwest, NW Adventure Rentals has winter-ready rigs from Seattle and Portland.
Winter Rig Rentals for Socially Distanced Ski Trips|Megan Michelson|January 28, 2021|Outside Online
In 2019, C40, a network of 97 cities focused on climate action, asked Raworth to create reports on three of its members—Amsterdam, Philadelphia and Portland—showing how far they were from living inside the doughnut.
Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?|Ciara Nugent|January 22, 2021|Time
A few miles away, Portland’s Bull Run Watershed is surrounded by untouched forests, which are off-limits to the public to protect water quality.
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price.|by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|January 1, 2021|ProPublica

Now imagine a city—like Portland, Oregon—that decides it has to ban police from doing that.
The biggest technology failures of 2020|David Rotman|December 31, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Schedules work out and we just have them come out to Portland.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And now Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are all suing Uber for refusing to play by their old regulatory playbooks.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?|Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Electric Swamp Blues How can you possibly find authentic swamp blues in Portland, Oregon?
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So the following year dozens of Santas, in full red and white trim, boarded a plane to Portland.
Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest|David Freedlander|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"We will continue to operate in Portland," Uber spokeswoman Eva Behrend told The Oregonian.
Things Are Going Downhill Fast for Uber|Kyle Chayka|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An address was presented requesting him not to grant to Portland an extensive territory in North Wales.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Portland was chosen for this important and delicate mission; and the choice was eminently judicious.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Portland, though strictly honest, was covetous; Albemarle was generous.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
But, though Portland was an unreasonable and querulous friend, he was a most faithful and zealous minister.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Portland, with good natural abilities and great expertness in business, was no scholar.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for Portland (1 of 2)

Portland¹

/ (ˈpɔːtlənd) /

noun

Isle of Portland a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material

an inland port in NW Oregon, on the Willamette River: the largest city in the state; shipbuilding and chemical industries. Pop: 538 544 (2003 est)

a port in SW Maine, on Casco Bay: the largest city in the state; settled by the English in 1632, destroyed successively by French, Indian, and British attacks, and rebuilt; capital of Maine (1820–32). Pop: 63 635 (2003 est)

British Dictionary definitions for Portland (2 of 2)

Portland²

/ (ˈpɔːtlənd) /

noun

3rd Duke of. title of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck. 1738–1809, British statesman; prime minister (1783; 1807–09); father of Lord William Cavendish Bentinck

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Cultural definitions for Portland

Portland

Two major cities in the United States: the largest city in Oregon and the largest city in Maine.