Portland

Meanings

1. The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the city in Maine.
2. The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland.
3. Multiple smaller locales in the United States:
4. A town in Ashley County, Arkansas; named for its steamboat port.
5. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado; named for the local Portland cement industry.
6. A census-designated place in Ouray County, Colorado.
7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut; named for the Isle of Portland.
8. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Georgia; named for the local Portland cement industry.
9. A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
10. A city, the county seat of Jay County, Indiana; named for the city in Maine.
11. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
12. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.

1. The land around a port

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Portland English Portland Inherited from Old English Portland. By surface analysis, port + land.