English Explanatory Dictionary

Portishead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).

Pronunciation

/pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/

Word forms

Portishead

Etymology

From the genitive singular of Old English port (“harbor”), portes + hēafod (“head”), meaning "the harbor headland".

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