Portland (redirected from Portlander)

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.

---

Portland·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Portland - 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