# Port Royal

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A town and former capital of Jamaica.
2. A location in Canada:
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## Etymology
From 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/port-royal