# Portland

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɔːtlənd/ · frequency rank #5,348

## Definitions
1. The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the city in Maine.
2. The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland.
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26. A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel.
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29. A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.
30. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
31. A parish of Jamaica.
32. A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry.
33. A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France.

## Etymology
From Old English Portland, equivalent to port + land.

## Easily confused with
- **Portman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portland-vs-portman)
- **Poland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poland-vs-portland)
- **parkland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parkland-vs-portland)

## Common misspellings (13)
`oprtland`, `porltand`, `porrtland`, `portalnd`, `portladn`, `portlandd`, `portlannd`, `portlland`, `portlnad`, `porttland`, `potrland`, `pportland`, `protland`

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