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Portsmouth en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈpɔːrtsməθ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Portesmuða, from Old English Portesmuða.

Meanings

  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
    • Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar. 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021:
    • When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […] 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:
  2. A village in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England, on the border with Lancashire (OS grid ref SD9026).
  3. A neighbourhood of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A town in Saint John parish, Dominica.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Shelby County, Iowa.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Bay County, Michigan.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former town on Portsmouth Island, Carteret County, North Carolina.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood in northern Portland, Oregon.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Newport County, Rhode Island.
    • […] not exceeding six Persons for Newport foure Persons for each of the respective Townes of Providence Portsmouth and Warwicke and two Persons for each other Place Towne or Citty […] 1663, John Clarke, Charles II of England (signatory), Rhode Island Royal Charter, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2022, second of three blocks of text, lines 5–6:
  12. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An independent city in south-east Virginia.
  13. An English earldom

Deriveds

Portsmouth yardstick · Portsmouth defence

Descendants

Portsmouth

Synonyms

Pompey (city in southern England)

Translations (41)

cmn 朴次茅斯 (city in Iowa) · nb Portsmouth (city in Iowa) · fi Portsmouth (city in southern England) · uk Портсмут (city in southern England) · nb Portsmouth (city in southern England) · nb Portsmouth (city in Ohio) · cmn 朴次茅斯 (town in Rhode Island) · de Portsmouth (town in Rhode Island) · lv Portsmuta (city in southern England) · nb Portsmouth (town in Rhode Island) · ja ポーツマス (city in southern England) · hy Պորտսմութ (city in southern England) · cmn 朴次茅斯 (town in Dominica) · cmn 朴次茅斯 (city in Ohio) · hu Portsmouth (city in southern England) · la Portus Magnus (city in southern England) · la Portus Ostium (city in southern England) · cmn 朴次茅斯 (city in Virginia) · de Portsmouth (town in Dominica) · ko 포츠머스 (city in southern England) · nb Portsmouth (city in New Hampshire) · pt Portsmouth (city in southern England) · el Πόρτσμουθ (city in southern England) · bg Портсмът (city in southern England) · fr Portsmouth (city in southern England) · ru По́ртсмут (city in southern England) · es Portsmouth (city in southern England) · cmn 朴次茅斯 (city in New Hampshire) · mk Портсмут (city in southern England) · lt Portsmutas (city in southern England) · th พอร์ตสมัท (city in southern England) · nb Portsmouth (town in Dominica) · de Portsmouth (city in Virginia) · de Portsmouth (city in Ohio) · nb Portsmouth (city in Virginia) · nl Portsmouth (city in southern England) · de Portsmouth (city in New Hampshire) · cmn 朴次茅斯 (city in southern England) · de Portsmouth (city in southern England) · de Portsmouth (city in Iowa) · ka პორტსმუთი (city in southern England)