Portsmouth

Portsmouth

English

Etymology

From Middle English Portesmuða, from Old English Portesmuða.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Portsmouth

1. A city and unitary authority in Hampshire, in southern England
   • 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer (page 45)

     When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […]

2. A town in Dominica
3. A city in Iowa
4. A city in New Hampshire
5. A city, the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio.
6. A town in Newport County, Rhode Island.
   • 1663, John Clarke & Charles II of England (signatory), Rhode Island Royal Charter‎, archived from the original on 10 July 2022, second of three blocks of text, lines 5–6:

     […] not exceeding six Persons for Newport foure Persons for each of the respective Townes of Providence Portsmouth and Warwicke and two Persons for each other Place Towne or Citty […]

7. A city in Virginia
8. An English earldom

Synonyms

• (city in southern England): Pompey

Derived terms

• Portsmouth defence
• Portsmouth yardstick

Descendants

• Portuguese: Portsmouth

Translations

city in southern England

Armenian: Պորտսմութ (Portsmutʿ) Bulgarian: Портсмът (Portsmǎt) Chinese: Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (zh) (Pǔcìmáosī) Dutch: Portsmouth Finnish: Portsmouth (fi) French: Portsmouth (fr) Georgian: პორტსმუთი (ṗorṭsmuti) German: Portsmouth Greek: Πόρτσμουθ (Pórtsmouth) Hungarian: Portsmouth (hu) Japanese: ポーツマス (Pōtsumasu) Korean: 포츠머스 (Pocheumeoseu) Latin: Portus Ostium, Portus Magnus m Latvian: Portsmuta f Lithuanian: Portsmutas m Macedonian: Портсмут (Portsmut) Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth Portuguese: Portsmouth f Russian: По́ртсмут (ru) m (Pórtsmut) Spanish: Portsmouth Thai: พอร์ตสมัท (pôtsàmàt) Ukrainian: Портсмут m (Portsmut)

town in Dominica

German: Portsmouth Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in Iowa

German: Portsmouth Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in New Hampshire

German: Portsmouth Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in Ohio

German: Portsmouth Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth

town in Rhode Island

German: Portsmouth Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in Virginia

German: Portsmouth Norwegian: Bokmål: Portsmouth

Further reading

• Portsmouth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Portsmouth.

Proper noun

Portsmouth f

1. Portsmouth (a city in southern England)