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^[1], 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 (Portsmutʻ)
• Bulgarian: Портсмът (Portsmǎt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (Pǔcìmáosī)

• German: Portsmouth
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in Iowa

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (Pǔcìmáosī)

• German: Portsmouth
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in New Hampshire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (Pǔcìmáosī)

• German: Portsmouth
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in Ohio

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (Pǔcìmáosī)

• German: Portsmouth
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Portsmouth

town in Rhode Island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (Pǔcìmáosī)

• German: Portsmouth
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Portsmouth

city in Virginia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朴次茅斯 (Pǔcìmáosī)

• German: Portsmouth
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Portsmouth

Further reading

• Portsmouth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Portsmouth.

Proper noun

Portsmouth f

1. Portsmouth (a city in southern England)