portage

Meanings

1. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
2. The route used for such carrying.
3. A charge made for carrying something.
4. Carrying capacity; tonnage.
5. The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
6. A porthole.

1. To carry a boat overland.

1. A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A ghost town and former settlement in Alaska, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1964.
5. A city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana.
6. A village in the town of Portage Lake, Aroostook County, Maine.
7. A city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
8. A town in Livingston County, New York.
9. A village in Wood County, Ohio.
10. A home rule borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
11. A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, named after Portage County in Ohio.
12. A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.