portage · name — A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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portage is pronounced /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.
name
- A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town and former settlement in Alaska, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1964.
- A number of places in the United States:; A city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States:; A village in the town of Portage Lake, Aroostook County, Maine.
- A number of places in the United States:; A city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
- A number of places in the United States:; A town in Livingston County, New York.
- A number of places in the United States:; A village in Wood County, Ohio.
- A number of places in the United States:; A home rule borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, named after Portage County in Ohio.
- A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin.
- A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Portage Township.
- A small settlement in the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.
noun
- An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
- The route used for such carrying.
- A charge made for carrying something.e.g.“gaining thereby the charge of portage; was a great benefit to them” — 1661, John Fell, The life of the most learned, reverend, and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
- Carrying capacity; tonnage.
- The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
- A porthole.
verb
- To carry a boat overland.
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