Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeastern United States
* Isle of Portland, England, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also refer to:
Portland Point
Portland Point is the southernmost point in Jamaica.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet H, 1973. It is halfway along the island's south coast at the end of a hilly peninsula in Clarendon. A large bay, Portland Bight ...
, Jamaica's southernmost point
New Zealand
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Portland, New Zealand
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.
The major industry is Portland Cemen ...
Portland, Mitchells Plain
Portland is a neighborhood located within the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located within the central area of Mitchells Plain with Mitchells Plain Town Centre located to it ...
, a neighborhood of Cape Town.
United Kingdom
*Portland, Somerset, a location
* Isle of Portland, a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, the origin of the name
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Portland Bill
Portland Bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) at the southern end of the Isle of Portland, and the southernmost point of Dorset, England. One of Portland's most popular destinations is Portland Bill Lighthouse. Portland's coast has been notorio ...
, the headland at the tip of the Isle of Portland
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Portland Harbour
Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. Construction of the harbour began in 1849; when completed in 1872, its surface area made it the largest man-made harbour in the world, and rema ...
, a large man-made harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland
** Weymouth and Portland, a local government district of Dorset, including the Isle of Portland
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HM Prison Portland
HM Prison Portland is a male Adult/Young Offenders Institution in the village of The Grove on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. The prison was originally opened in 1848 as an adult convic ...
, a prison for male young offenders on the Isle of Portland
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Portland College
Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire. It is situated in of Sherwood Forest approximately south of the town of Mansfield. Portland College has around 270 students aged between 16 and 60. It was es ...
, an education establishment in the county of Nottinghamshire
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Portland Gallery
Portland Gallery is an art gallery in central London, England.
Founded in 1984 by Tom Hewlett, the gallery displays modern British and Contemporary paintings. A particular specialization is the work of Scottish colourists Samuel Peploe, Fra ...
, an art gallery in Westminster, London
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Portland House
Portland House is a skyscraper in Westminster, London. It is tall with 29 floors. The building was the central feature of the redevelopment of the six acres old Watney's Brewery site. The architects were Howard, Fairbairn & Partners, and the dev ...
, a building in Westminster, London
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Portland Place
Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. Named after the Third Duke of Portland, the unusually wide street is home to BBC Broadcasting House, the Chinese and Polish embassies, the Royal Institute of British A ...
, a street in the Marylebone district of central London
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Portland Square, Bristol
Portland Square () is a Grade I listed square in the St Paul's 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. Paul's Church. Shortly aft ...
Portland, Fremont County, Colorado
Portland is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado, United States.
Description
The town is located along State Highway 120 in Fremont County, Colorado and is east of Florence.
History
The community was one of three factory ...
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Portland, Colorado
Portland is a Census-designated place, census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Ouray County, Colorado, Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Montrose, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population o ...
Portland (CDP), Connecticut
Portland is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and adjacent residential land in the town of Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the southwest part of the town, bordered to the west and sout ...
Fountain, Indiana
Fountain (originally named Portland) is an unincorporated community in Shawnee Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. The Wabash and Erie Canal formerly passed through the community.
History
Portland was laid out in April 1828 by s ...
Portland, Iowa
Portland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Portland Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 35.
History
Portland's population in 1925 was 17.
Geography
Po ...
, census-designated place in Portland Township
* Portland, Kansas
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Portland, Kentucky
Portland is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders ...
New Portland, Maine
New Portland is a town in Somerset County, Maine. 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 Maine, and possibly the U.S. Much of North New Portland' ...
Portland, Missouri
Portland is an unincorporated community in southeastern Callaway County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of Missouri, United States. It had a populati ...
Portland, Ohio
Portland is an unincorporated community in eastern Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45770.
It lies on the Ohio River, located below Long Bottom and above Racine.
Education
Publ ...
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 partially in the town.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ...
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
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total ...
, a town
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Portland (community), Monroe County, Wisconsin
Portland is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in the town of Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin, Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin, Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Unincorporated communities in Mon ...
* Portland Beavers, a former PCL minor league baseball team
* Portland Mavericks, a former NWL minor league baseball team and current independent team based in Keizer, Oregon
* Portland Pickles, a collegiate baseball team
* Portland Pilots, the intercollegiate athletic program of the University of Portland
* Portland State Vikings, the intercollegiate athletic program of Portland State University
* Portland Thorns FC, an American professional women's soccer club since 2013; operated by the current Portland Timbers (below)
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Portland Timbers (disambiguation) Portland Timbers may refer to any of four distinct professional soccer teams:
* Portland Timbers, a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion team that began playing in 2011.
**Portland Timbers 2, the MLS team's top reserve side that plays in USL Pro.
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, several different soccer teams, including these:
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Portland Timbers
The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...
Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). Their home arena was the Cross Insurance Arena in downtown Portland, Maine. The franchise was previously known as the Baltimore Skipjacks fr ...
, a former AHL minor league hockey team
* Portland Sea Dogs, an EL minor league baseball team
Based elsewhere
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SDC San Antonio
Sociedad Deportiva Cultural San Antonio was a Spanish handball team based in Pamplona, Navarra. The team was based in Spain.
In July 2012, the team resigned from the Liga ASOBAL for the 2012–13 season due to the failure to find a new sponsor, ...
, formerly known as Portland San Antonio, a Spanish ASOBAL handball team based in Pamplona, Spain
Other uses
* "Portland" (song), a 2017 single from Canadian rapper Drake's album ''More Life''
* "Portland Oregon" (song), a 2004 single by Loretta Lynn and Jack White
* Battle of Portland, a sea battle off the Isle of Portland in 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War
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Battle of Portland Harbor
The Battle of Portland Harbor was an incident during the American Civil War, in June 1863, in the waters off Portland, Maine. Two civilian ships engaged two vessels under Confederate States Navy employment.
Background
Around June 24, a Confed ...
, a naval battle near Portland, Maine in 1863 during the American Civil War
* ''Portland'' (film), a 1996 Danish film
*Portland, a fictional area, based on Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island, in the 2001 video game ''
Grand Theft Auto III
''Grand Theft Auto III'' is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 1999's ''Grand Theft Auto 2'', and the fifth instalment o ...
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* Portland cement, 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
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Portland Club (Portland, Maine)
The Portland Club is a social club at 156 State Street in Portland, Maine.
Services and facilities
The Portland Club is located in the Hunnewell-Shepley Mansion, on the south side of State Street, between Pine and Spring Streets, on the east ...
, a club in Portland, Maine
* Portland Communications, a British political consultancy and public relations agency
* Portland Flats, an apartment building in Washington, D.C.
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Portland Formation
The Portland Formation is a geological formation in Connecticut and Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.Portland Gale, a storm off New England in 1898
* Portland Hoffa, an American comedian
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Portland Orange
Portland Orange is the color of light emitted by the phase of pedestrian crossing signals in the United States and Canada. The color was chosen to avoid confusion with regular traffic lights in conditions of poor visibility.
Its chromaticity is ...
, a color of light emitted by the ''don't walk'' phase of pedestrian crossing signals in North America
* Portland Project, an initiative to encourage the use of Linux on desktop computers
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Portland sheep
The Portland is a sheep breed that takes its name from the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. This breed is raised primarily for meat.
History
Once common all over Dorset, the breed was once one of the rarest in Britain and is still at ris ...
, an ancient breed of sheep from the Isle of Portland
*Portland Spurge (''Euphorbia portlandica''), a plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
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Portland stone
Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries are cut in beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building sto ...
, limestone from the Isle of Portland
* Portland Vase, a Roman antique exhibited at the British Galleries
See also
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The Adventures of Portland Bill
''The Adventures of Portland Bill'' is a British stop motion animated children's television series made in 1983. It is set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy. Norm ...
Portland Museum (disambiguation) Portland Museum may refer to:
* Portland Museum (Louisville), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
* Portland Museum, Dorset, England (on the Isle of Portland)
* Portland Museum of Art, Maine, USA
* Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA
* Portland Children's Muse ...