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Portland

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Port·land  (pôrtlnd, prt-)
1. A city of southwest Maine on an arm of the Gulf of Maine south of Lewiston. Settled c. 1632, it became a commercial center in the 17th century and was state capital from 1820 to 1832. It is the largest city in the state. Population: 63,000.
2. The largest city of Oregon, in the northwest part of the state on the Willamette River near its junction with the Columbia River. Founded in 1845, it grew as a lumber-exporting port and supply point for the California and Alaska goldfields. Population: 537,000.

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Portland [ˈpɔːtlənd]
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1. (Placename) Isle of. 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. Pop. (town): 12 000 (latest est.)
2. (Placename) an inland port in NW Oregon, on the Willamette River: the largest city in the state; shipbuilding and chemical industries. Pop.: 529 121 (2000)
3. (Placename) 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.: 64 358 (1990)

Portland2
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(Biographies / Portland, 3rd Duke of (1738-1809) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) 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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Noun1.PortlandPortland - freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
Beaver State, OR, Oregon - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
2.Portland - largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
Maine, ME, Pine Tree State - a state in New England


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Her gift o' gab is what's goin' to be the makin' of her; mebbe she'll lecture, or recite pieces, like that Portland elocutionist that come out here to the harvest supper.
Sometimes the world's wife has so many daughters, that her card reads rather like a Miscellaneous Lot at an Auction; comprising Mrs Tapkins, Miss Tapkins, Miss Frederica Tapkins, Miss Antonina Tapkins, Miss Malvina Tapkins, and Miss Euphemia Tapkins; at the same time, the same lady leaves the card of Mrs Henry George Alfred Swoshle, NEE Tapkins; also, a card, Mrs Tapkins at Home, Wednesdays, Music, Portland Place.
These instructions were followed by the name and address of Pesca's employer in Portland Place--and there the note, or memorandum, ended.
 
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