Portland
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Portland commonly refers to:
  • Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

    , United States
  • Portland, Maine
    Portland, Maine
    Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

    , United States
  • Isle of Portland
    Isle of Portland
    The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...

    , England, the origin of the name


Portland may also refer to:

Australia

  • Cape Portland, Tasmania
    Cape Portland, Tasmania
    Cape Portland is both a geographical feature and a location near the north eastern tip of Tasmania. It points west across Ringarooma Bay...

    , a cape on the north-eastern tip of Tasmania
  • Portland, New South Wales
    Portland, New South Wales
    Portland is a town in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Portland had a population of 1,881 people. The town was named after Australia's first cement works.-Location:...

    , a town with the first Australian cement works
  • Portland, Victoria
    Portland, Victoria
    The city of Portland is the oldest European settlement in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia. It is the main urban centre of the Shire of Glenelg. It is located on Portland Bay.-History:...

    , a regional city and port

Canada

  • Port Lands, Toronto, sometimes mistakenly spelled "Portlands", the eastern part of the Toronto waterfront
  • Portland Inlet
    Portland Inlet
    Portland Inlet is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, approximately 55 kilometers north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It joins the Chatham Sound opposite the Dixon Entrance. It is 40 kilometers long and as much as 13 kilometers wide...

    , an inlet between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia
    • Portland Canal
      Portland Canal
      The Portland Canal is an arm of Portland Inlet, one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. It is approximately long. The Portland Canal forms part of the border between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia. The name of the entire inlet in the Nisga'a language is K'alii...

      , an arm of Portland Inlet
  • Portland Estates, Nova Scotia
    Portland Estates, Nova Scotia
    Portland Estates, as well as more recent Portland Hills is a community nestled in the eastern part of Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It reaches from Eisener Blvd. in the west, all the way to Portland Hills in the east, and is located to the south of Portland Street...

    , an area of Halifax
  • Portland, Ontario
    Portland, Ontario
    Portland is a community located in Eastern Ontario within the township of Rideau Lakes in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, north of Kingston and situated on the Big Rideau Lake....

    , a town north of Kingston, Ontario

Jamaica

  • Portland Parish, on Jamaica's north-east coast
  • Portland Point
    Portland Point
    Portland Point is the southernmost point in Jamaica. It is half-way along the island's south coast at the end of a hilly peninsula in Clarendon. A large bay, Portland Bight, lies to the east of it.-External links:**Photos:...

    , Jamaica's southernmost point

New Zealand

  • Portland, Northland
    Portland, Northland
    Portland is a locality on the western side of Whangarei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Whangarei is about 10 km to the north. Tikorangi is a hill to the west with a summit 161 m above sea level....

    , a town south of Whangarei
  • Portland Island, New Zealand
    Portland Island, New Zealand
    Portland Island is a small island off the southern tip of the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. It is used for sheep farming....

    , an island off the Mahia Peninsula

United Kingdom

  • Great Portland Street
    Great Portland Street
    Great Portland Street is a street in the West End of London. Linking Oxford Street with Albany Street and the busy A501 Marylebone Road and Euston Road, the road forms the boundary between Fitzrovia to the east and Marylebone to the west...

    , a street in the West End of London
  • Isle of Portland
    Isle of Portland
    The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...

    , a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, the origin of the name
    • Portland Bill
      Portland Bill
      Portland Bill is a narrow promontory of Portland stone, which forms the most southerly part of Isle of Portland, and therefore also the county of Dorset, England....

      , the headland at the tip of the Isle of Portland
    • Portland Harbour
      Portland Harbour
      Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, off Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is one of the largest man-made harbours in the world. Grid reference: .-History:...

      , a large man-made harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland
    • Weymouth and Portland
      Weymouth and Portland
      Weymouth and Portland is a local government district and borough in Dorset, England. It consists of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Radipole, Nottington,...

      , a local government district of Dorset, including the Isle of Portland
  • Portland (HM Prison)
    Portland (HM Prison)
    HM Prison Portland is a male Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of The Grove , in Dorset, England. Portland YOI prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...

    , a prison for male young offenders on the Isle of Portland
  • Portland College
    Portland College
    Portland College is an education establishment in the county of Nottinghamshire. It is situated in of Sherwood Forest approximately south of the town of Mansfield. Portland is a national residential specialist college for students with a wide range of physical disabilities and needs...

    , an education establishment in the county of Nottinghamshire
  • Portland Gallery
    Portland Gallery
    The Portland Gallery is an art gallery in Westminster, London, located near Piccadilly Circus. It was established in 1984 by the Honourable Thomas Hewlett, son of the Conservative Member of Parliament Thomas Henry Hewlett....

    , an art gallery in Westminster, London
  • Portland House
    Portland House
    Portland House is a skyscraper in Westminster, London. It is tall with 29 floors and was completed in 1963.The building has two banks of lifts — the first serving the first up to the fifteenth floor, and the second the fifteenth floor upwards...

    , a building in Westminster, London
  • Portland Place
    Portland Place
    Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London, England.-History and topography:The street was laid out by the brothers Robert and James Adam for the Duke of Portland in the late 18th century and originally ran north from the gardens of a detached mansion called Foley House...

    , a street in the Marylebone district of central London
  • Portland Square, Bristol
    Portland Square, Bristol
    Portland Square is in the St Pauls area of Bristol.It was laid out in the early 18th century as one of Bristol's first suburbs. Built upon a flat area of ground its central focus of St. Pauls Church...

    , a Georgian square in the city of Bristol
  • Portland Tower
    Portland Tower
    Portland Tower, previously St. Andrew's House, is a brutalist high-rise building in Manchester, England. The tower is located on Portland Street from which it is named...

    , a tower block in Manchester
  • Portland Walk Shopping Centre
    Portland Walk Shopping Centre
    Portland Walk is a medium sized town centre shopping centre situated in Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom. The shopping centre opened in 1998, and was built on the site of former Forshaw Street...

    , a shopping centre in Barrow-in-Furness

United States

  • Portland, Arkansas
    Portland, Arkansas
    Portland is a city in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 552 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Portland is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Portland, Colorado
    Portland, Colorado
    Portland is a census-designated place in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 135. Portland is located between Ridgway and Ouray....

  • Portland, Connecticut
    Portland, Connecticut
    Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,732 at the 2000 census. The town center is listed as a census-designated place . It is situated across the Connecticut River from Middletown....

  • Portland, Illinois, a proposed city adjacent to Blue Island, Illinois
    Blue Island, Illinois
    Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 22,556 at the 2010 census. Blue Island was established in the 1830s as a way station for settlers traveling on the Vincennes Trace, and the settlement prospered because it was conveniently situated a day's journey outside of Chicago...

     that was later largely incorporated into it
  • Portland, Indiana
    Portland, Indiana
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,437 people, 2,739 households, and 1,750 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,566.8 people per square mile . There were 2,928 housing units at an average density of 712.7 per square mile...

    , a city in Jay County near the eastern border of the state
  • Portland, Indiana, a former name for Fountain, Indiana
    Fountain, Indiana
    Fountain is an unincorporated town in Shawnee Township, Fountain County, Indiana in the United States. The Wabash and Erie Canal used to pass through the community.-History:...

    , in Fountain County near the western border of the state
  • Portland, Iowa, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
    Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
    -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 44,151 in the county, with a population density of . There were 22,163 housing units, of which 19,350 were occupied.-2000 census:...

  • Portland, Kentucky
    Portland, Kentucky
    Portland is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 722 feet ....

    , a community in Adair County
  • Portland, Louisville
    Portland, Louisville
    Portland is a neighborhood and former independent town two miles northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. In its early days it was the largest of the six major settlements at the Falls of the Ohio River, the others being Shippingport and Louisville in Kentucky and New Albany, Clarksville, and...

    , Kentucky, a former town and now a neighborhood in Louisville, Jefferson County
  • Portland, Maine
    Portland, Maine
    Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

    • South Portland, Maine
      South Portland, Maine
      South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state. Founded in 1895, as of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,002. Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is situated on Portland Harbor and overlooks the skyline of...

      , adjoining Portland, Maine
  • New Portland, Maine
    New Portland, Maine
    New Portland is a scenic town in Somerset County, Maine, United States nestled among some of the foothills, and within sight, of the Appalachian Mountains. It is perhaps best known for its Wire Bridge, a cable suspension bridge completed in 1866 that is the last remaining bridge of its type in...

     (not near Portland, Maine)
  • Portland, Michigan
    Portland, Michigan
    Portland is a city in Ionia County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,789. The city is situated in the south central portion of Portland Township, but is administratively autonomous.-Geography:...

  • Portland, Missouri
    Portland, Missouri
    Portland is an unincorporated community in eastern Callaway County, Missouri, USA. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at on Route 94 about twenty miles northeast of Jefferson City. It was settled in the 1830s. It is situated directly on the...

  • Portland, New York
    Portland, New York
    Portland is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 5,502 at the 2000 census.The Town of Portland is on the shore of Lake Erie west of the City of Dunkirk. The Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility is within Portland. Because the residents of this...

  • Portland, North Dakota
    Portland, North Dakota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 604 people, 269 households, and 161 families residing in the city. The population density was 702.0 people per square mile . There were 286 housing units at an average density of 332.4 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.50% White, 0.17%...

  • Portland, Ohio
    Portland, Ohio
    Portland is an unincorporated community in eastern Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45770.It lies on the Ohio River, located below Long Bottom and above Racine....

  • Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

  • Portland, Pennsylvania
    Portland, Pennsylvania
    Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Portland is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.The population of Portland was 579 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Portland, Tennessee
    Portland, Tennessee
    Portland is a city in Sumner and Robertson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is also a part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area The population was 10,986 according to 2007 estimates by the US census bureau.-History:...

  • Portland, Texas
    Portland, Texas
    Portland is a city in Nueces and San Patricio Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current mayor and city manager are David Krebs and Mike Tanner. The population was 14,827 at the 2000 census, with a 2007 estimated population of 16,408.-Geography:...

  • Portland, Dodge County, Wisconsin
    Portland, Dodge County, Wisconsin
    Portland is a town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,106 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Portland is located in the town.-Geography:...

  • Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin
    Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin
    Portland is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 686 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Portland is located in the town.-Geography:...


Transport

  • City of Portland
    City of Portland
    The City of Portland was a named passenger train operated by the Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon. It started in June 1935, using the refurbished M-10001 streamliner trainset; with only one set of equipment the train left...

    , a passenger train running between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon
  • Duke of Portland (whaler)
    Duke of Portland (whaler)
    The Duke of Portland was an American whaler of 400 tons.It was registered in Boston, USA and left Norfolk Island in June 1802. At some stage during that month it was wrecked at Tongatapu, Tonga. All the crew were killed by natives except for one woman, Elizabeth Morley, who was rescued by the...

    , an American whaling ship, any of eight ships of the British Navy
  • Portland (shipwreck)
    Portland (Shipwreck)
    The Portland is a historic shipwreck in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The S.S. Portland was built by New England Shipbuilding Co. in 1889 and sank in the Portland Gale of 1898 off of Cape Ann, killing 192 people....

    , a ship sunk in the Portland Gale off New England in 1898
  • Portland Streetcar
    Portland Streetcar
    The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland. It is currently a single line that is almost long and serves some 12,000 daily riders, but a second line is expected to open in 2012.As with the heavier-duty MAX...

    , a transport system in Portland, Oregon
  • Portland Transportation Center, bus and Amtrak station serving Portland, Maine
  • Union Station (Portland, Oregon), the Amtrak station serving Portland, Oregon, either of two United States Navy ships

Sports teams

Based in Portland, Oregon:
  • Portland Beavers
    Portland Beavers
    The Tucson Padres are a minor league baseball team, representing Tucson, Arizona, in the Pacific Coast League . They are the Triple-A affiliate for the San Diego Padres. The team was formerly known as the Portland Beavers and played its last home game at PGE Park on September 6, 2010...

    , a former PCL minor league baseball team
  • Portland Pilots
    Portland Pilots
    The Portland Pilots were a Class-B minor league baseball team in Portland, Maine out of the New England League. Created in 1946 as the Portland Gulls, the Pilots lasted until 1949, when the New England League collapsed...

    , the intercollegiate athletic program of the University of Portland
  • Portland Timbers (disambiguation), several different soccer teams, including this incarnation:
    • Portland Timbers
      Portland Timbers
      Portland Timbers may refer to any of four distinct professional soccer teams:*Portland Timbers, a Major League Soccer expansion team that began playing in 2011....

      , American professional soccer club since 2011
  • Portland Trail Blazers
    Portland Trail Blazers
    The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...

    , an NBA basketball team
  • Portland Winterhawks, a WHL hockey team


Based in Portland, Maine:
  • Portland Pirates
    Portland Pirates
    The Portland Pirates is a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. They play in the Cumberland County Civic Center in downtown Portland, Maine. The franchise was previously known as the...

    , an AHL minor league hockey team
  • Portland Sea Dogs
    Portland Sea Dogs
    The Portland Sea Dogs are the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Established in 1994 and based in Portland, Maine, the Sea Dogs play in the Northern Division of the Eastern League....

    , an EL minor league baseball team


Based elsewhere:
  • Portland San Antonio
    Portland San Antonio
    Sociedad Deportiva Cultural San Antonio is a Spanish handball team based in Pamplona, Navarra. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.- Sponsors:* 1968-1969: Kaiku* 1971-1972: Werner* 1972-1977: Schweppes* 1977-1978: Not sponsor...

    , the former name of SDC San Antonio, a Spanish ASOBAL handball team based in Pamplona, Spain

Other uses

  • Battle of Portland
    Battle of Portland
    The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle took place during 28 February-2 March 1653 , during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp...

    , a sea battle off the Isle of Portland in 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War
  • Battle of Portland Harbor
    Battle of Portland Harbor
    The Battle of Portland Harbor was a naval battle of the American Civil War, fought in June of 1863, in the waters off Portland, Maine. Two United States Navy warships engaged two vessels under Confederate States Navy employment.-Background:...

    , a naval battle near Portland, Maine in 1863 during the American Civil War
  • Portland (sheep)
    Portland (sheep)
    The Portland is a sheep breed that takes its name from the Isle of Portland. This breed is raised primarily for meat.-History:Once common all over Dorset, the breed was once of the one rarest in Britain and is still at risk. In the 1970s, it was nearly extinct altogether, but has now recovered...

    , an ancient breed of sheep from the Isle of Portland
  • Portland cement
    Portland cement
    Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and most non-specialty grout...

    , the type of cement used for most mortar and concrete
  • Portland Club (London), a club in London, the recognized authority on the games of whist and bridge
  • Portland Club (Portland, Maine), a club in Portland, Maine
  • Portland Gale
    Portland Gale
    The Portland Gale was a storm that struck the coast of New England on November 26 and 27, 1898. The storm formed when two low pressure areas merged off the coast of Virginia and travelled up the coast; at its peak, it produced a storm surge of about ten feet in Cohasset harbor and hurricane-force...

    , a storm off New England in 1898
  • Portland Hoffa
    Portland Hoffa
    Portland Hoffa was an American comedienne, actor, and dancer...

    , an American comedian
  • Portland Island, a fictional island in Liberty City in the video game Grand Theft Auto
  • Portland Orange
    Portland Orange
    Portland Orange is the color of light emitted by the phase of pedestrian crossing signals in the U.S. and Canada. Its chromaticity is specified by the Institute of Transportation Engineers in that body's technical standards, and its application is stipulated in the U.S. Federal Manual on Uniform...

    , a color of light emitted by the don't walk phase of pedestrian crossing signals in North America
  • Portland Project
    Portland Project
    The Portland Project is an initiative taken to establish a greater Linux foothold in the desktop market. It aims at resolving a number of key factors that are believed to reduce the adoption rate of Linux distributions as desktop operating systems....

    , an initiative to encourage the use of Linux on desktop computers
  • Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica), plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
    Euphorbiaceae
    Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....

    .
  • Portland stone
    Portland stone
    Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries consist of beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building stone throughout the British Isles, notably in major...

    , limestone from the Isle of Portland
  • Portland Vase
    Portland Vase
    The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, currently dated to between AD 5 and AD 25, which served as an inspiration to many glass and porcelain makers from about the beginning of the 18th century onwards. Since 1810 the vase has been kept almost continuously in the British Museum in London...

    , a Roman antique exhibited at the British Galleries

See also

  • Portland Township (disambiguation)
  • The Adventures of Portland Bill
  • Earl of Portland
    Earl of Portland
    Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, first in 1633 and again in 1689.-First creation :The title of Earl of Portland was first created for the politician Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston, in 1633...

    (also Duke of Portland), an English title
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