English Explanatory Dictionary

Port Arthur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
  2. A town and former convict settlement in Tasman council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  3. A city mostly in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in the town of Grant, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. A community and former city in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
  6. Former name of Lüshun (“a port in China”).

Word forms

Port Arthur

Etymology

Named after British naval officer William Arthur (Royal Navy) (1830-1866) in 1860.

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