portland

Other forms of portland

plural

portlands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about portland

What does portland mean?

portland means "freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in portland?

portland has 2 syllables: port-land. The stress falls on "port". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɹtlənd/.

Is portland a common word?

portland is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.