portland

See also: Portland

English

Etymology

port + land

Noun

portland (plural portlands)

  1. The land around a port
    • 2009 February 27, Mary Ormsby, “New arena could bring hockey up to full power”, in Toronto Star:
      The decommissioned Hearn power plant is the city's top site to build a long-overdue, four-pad arena to anchor a planned sports complex on the eastern portlands, Toronto Mayor David Miller said yesterday.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French portland.

Noun

portland n (uncountable)

  1. Portland cement

Declension

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