PORTLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Portland mean? 

• PORTLAND (noun)
  The noun PORTLAND has 2 senses:

1. freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains

2. largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state

  Familiarity information: PORTLAND used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORTLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)

Holonyms ("Portland" is a part of...):

Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Portland" is a part of...):

Maine; ME; Me.; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)

 Context examples 

At Weymouth and at Portland they have murdered and ravished.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, so was Jack James an American citizen, but he’s doing time in Portland all the same.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A new study conducted at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, concludes that while individually unique, each connectotype demonstrates both familial and heritable relationships.

(Brain Activity Is Inherited, May Inform Treatment for ADHD, Autism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thereupon, I arranged my clothes as best I could, and summoning a passing hansom, drove to an hotel in Portland Street, the name of which I chanced to remember.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The island already lay like a cloud behind them, while right in front was St. Alban's Head, with Portland looming mistily in the farthest distance.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)