Portia
Meanings
name
- A female given name from Latin.
- The seventh satellite of the planet Uranus.
noun
- Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.
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Etymology
From Latin Porcia, a feminine form of the gens name Porcius (the gens of the Cato the Elder and his famous descendants), from porcus (“pig”). The moon is named for the character in The Merchant of Venice.
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