English Explanatory Dictionary

Port Royal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and former capital of Jamaica.
  2. A location in Canada:
  3. The former capital city of Acadia, French North America.
  4. Former name of Annapolis Royal: a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
  5. A village in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
  6. A village in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
  7. A neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.
  8. A location in the United States:
  9. Ellipsis of Port Royal Sound: an inlet in South Carolina.
  10. Ellipsis of Port Royal Island.
  11. A town on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, named after Port Royal Sound.
  12. A borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.

Word forms

Port Royal Port-Royal

Etymology

From port + royal. * (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real * (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal * (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

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