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portsmouth

/ˈpɔɹtsməθ/

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What does portsmouth mean?

proper noun

  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
  2. A village in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England, on the border with Lancashire (OS grid ref SD9026).
  3. A neighbourhood of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
More meanings (10)

proper noun

  1. A town in Saint John parish, Dominica.
  2. A minor city in Shelby County, Iowa.
  3. A township in Bay County, Michigan.
  4. A city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  5. A former town on Portsmouth Island, Carteret County, North Carolina.
  6. A city, the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio.
  7. A neighbourhood in northern Portland, Oregon.
  8. A town in Newport County, Rhode Island.
  9. An independent city in south-east Virginia.
  10. 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.
Mary White RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonProject Gutenberg ebook #851
This scheme was that she should accompany her brother back to Portsmouth, and spend a little time with her own family.
Jane AustenMansfield ParkProject Gutenberg ebook #141
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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.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
The last two were even then at Portsmouth, on their way to America, and the interest caused by their visit was very manifest.
Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) FriesThe Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740Project Gutenberg ebook #570
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.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939