Port Royal

See also: Port-Royal

English

Alternative forms

• Port-Royal

Etymology

port +‎ royal

• (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real
• (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal
• (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

Proper noun

Port Royal

1. A town and former capital of Jamaica.
2. A location in Canada:
   1. (historical) The former capital city of Acadia, French North America
      1. (historical) Former name of Annapolis Royal, a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
   2. A village in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
   3. A village in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
   4. A neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.
3. A location in the United States:
   1. Ellipsis of Port Royal Sound. An inlet in South Carolina
      1. Ellipsis of Port Royal Island.
      2. A town on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, named after Port Royal Sound.
   2. A borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
   3. A town in Caroline County, Virginia.

Anagrams

• pyrolator

French

Proper noun

Port Royal m

1. Port Royal; Alternative form of Port-Royal

Spanish

Proper noun

Port Royal ?

1. Port Royal (a town in Jamaica); Alternative form of Puerto Real