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portsmouth
/ˈpɔɹtsməθ/
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What does portsmouth mean?
proper noun
- A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
- A village in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England, on the border with Lancashire (OS grid ref SD9026).
- A neighbourhood of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
More meanings (10)
proper noun
- A town in Saint John parish, Dominica.
- A minor city in Shelby County, Iowa.
- A township in Bay County, Michigan.
- A city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A former town on Portsmouth Island, Carteret County, North Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio.
- A neighbourhood in northern Portland, Oregon.
- A town in Newport County, Rhode Island.
- An independent city in south-east Virginia.
- An English earldom
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɔɹtsməθ/
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So his master carried him away, and I never saw him afterward, till I saw him at Piscataqua in Portsmouth.
This scheme was that she should accompany her brother back to Portsmouth, and spend a little time with her own family.
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If you have received mine of Tuesday, which I directed to Portsmouth, you will perceive how much I agree with you.
The last two were even then at Portsmouth, on their way to America, and the interest caused by their visit was very manifest.
The letters written by him from Portsmouth to his Eskdale correspondents about this time were cheerful and hopeful, like those he had sent from London.