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'''Portland''' is a common name for a city or town that is adjacent to water, and may refer to any of the following [[graticule|graticules]]:
 
'''Portland''' is a common name for a city or town that is adjacent to water, and may refer to any of the following [[graticule|graticules]]:
* [[Portland, Maine]], USA, settled 1632, incorporated 1786
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* [[Portland, Oregon]], USA; West Coast
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===United States===
* [[Nashville, Tennessee]], USA; a small town north of Nashville near the Kentucky border. (Ironically '''not''' close to any bodies of water)
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*[[Portland, Arkansas]], a city of 552
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*[[Portland, Colorado]], a defunct city
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*[[Portland, Connecticut]], a city of 8,732
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*Portland, a former name for [[Blue Island, Illinois]], a city of 23,463
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*Portland, a former name for [[Fountain, Indiana]]
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*[[Portland, Indiana]], a city of 6,437
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*[[Portland, Louisville]], a neighborhood and former town in Louisville, Kentucky
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*[[Portland, Maine]], a city of 64,249
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*[[New Portland, Maine]], a city of 782
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*[[South Portland, Maine]], a city of 23,324 adjoining Portland, Maine
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*[[Portland, Michigan]], a city of 3,789
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*[[Portland, New York]], a city of 5,502
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*[[Portland, North Dakota]], a city of 604
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*[[Portland, Ohio]], a city
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*[[Portland, Oregon]], a city of 537,081 (2006)
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*[[Portland, Pennsylvania]], a city of 579
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*Portland, Tennessee, a city of 8,458, near [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]].
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*[[Portland, Texas]], a city of about 15,000
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*[[Portland, Dodge County, Wisconsin]], a city of 1,106
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*[[Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin]], a city of 686
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bodies of water)
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===Australia===
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*[[Portland, New South Wales]], a small town with a cement works
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*[[Cape Portland, Tasmania]], a cape on the north-eastern tip of Tasmania
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*[[Portland, Victoria]], a small regional city and port of 12,000 people.
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===Canada===
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*[[Portland Canal]], an inlet between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia
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*[[Portland Estates, Nova Scotia]], an area of Halifax
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*[[Portland, Ontario]], a small town north of Kingston, Ontario
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*[[Port Lands]] (also known as Portlands), the eastern part of the Toronto waterfront
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===Hong Kong===
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*[[Portland Street]], a prostitution district in Hong Kong
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===Jamaica===
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*[[Portland, Jamaica]], a parish on Jamaica's north-east coast
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*[[Portland Point]], Jamaica's southernmost point
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===New Zealand===
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*[[Portland, Northland]], a small town south of [[Whangarei]]
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*[[Portland Island, New Zealand]], a small island off the Mahia Peninsula
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===United Kingdom===
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*Borough of [[Weymouth and Portland]], a local government district of Dorset, including the Isle of Portland
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*[[Great Portland Street]], a street in the West End of London
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*The [[Isle of Portland]], a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, the origin of most other meanings
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*[[Portland Bill]], the headland at the tip of the Isle of Portland
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*[[Portland College]],  an education establishment in the county of Nottinghamshire
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*[[Portland Gallery]], an art gallery in Westminster, London
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*[[Portland Harbour]], a large man-made harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland
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*[[Portland House]], a tall building in Westminster, London
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*[[Portland Place]], a street in the Marylebone district of central London
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*[[Portland Square, Bristol]], a Georgian square in the city of Bristol
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*[[Portland Tower]], a tower block in Manchester

Revision as of 20:20, 18 June 2008

Portland is a common name for a city or town that is adjacent to water, and may refer to any of the following graticules:

United States

bodies of water)

Australia

Canada

Hong Kong

Jamaica

New Zealand

United Kingdom