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[1]. It applies to people, buildings, passenger trains, ships and sports teams. It also applies to some more general topics. Contents 1 Cities and towns (by country) 2 People 3 Ships 4 Sports teams 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Cities and towns (by country) In Australia: Portland, New South Wales, a small town with a cement works Portland, Victoria, a small regional city and port of 12,000 people In Canada: Portland Canal, inlet between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia Portland, Ontario, a small town north of Kingston In Hong Kong: Portland Street, arguably the most famous red light district in Hong Kong In Jamaica: Portland, Jamaica, parish, located on Jamaica's north-east coast In New Zealand: Portland, Northland, a small town south of Whangarei Portland Island, a small island off the Mahia Peninsula In the United Kingdom: Isle of Portland, an island in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset In the United States: Portland, Arkansas, a city of 552 Portland, Colorado, a defunct city Portland, Connecticut, a city of 8,732 Blue Island, Illinois, a city of 23,463, formerly called Portland Portland, Indiana, a city of 6,437 Portland, Louisville, Kentucky, a neighborhood and former town in Louisville, Kentucky Portland, Maine, a city of 64,249 Portland, Michigan, a city of 3,789 Portland, New York, a city of 5,502 Portland, North Dakota, a city of 604 Portland, Ohio, a city Portland, Oregon, a city of 537,081 (2006) Portland, Pennsylvania, a city of 579 Portland, Tennessee, a city of 8,458 Portland, Texas, a city of about 15,000 Portland, Dodge County, Wisconsin, a city of 1,106 Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a city of 686 New Portland, Maine, a city of 782 South Portland, Maine, a city of 23,324 adjoining Portland, Maine Portland Island A fictional island in Liberty City in the game Grand Theft Auto III

[edit] People The Earl of Portland Most notably, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (between 1689 and 1709) The Duke of Portland Portland Bill, a children's television character A somewhat common surname of people from the British Isles as well as an anglicised version of unrelated names from other places, such as the Tyrolean name Portolan

[edit] Ships SS Portland, a commercial vessel HMS Portland, British Navy ship USS Portland, United States Navy ship Portland, a 1947 sternwheel tugboat

[edit] Sports teams Portland Trail Blazers, NBA basketball team based in Portland, Oregon Portland Winter Hawks, WHL hockey team based in Portland, Oregon Portland Beavers, PCL minor league baseball team based in Portland, Oregon Portland LumberJax, NLL lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon Portland Timbers, USL soccer team based in Portland, Oregon Portland Sea Dogs, EL minor league baseball team based in Portland, Maine Portland Pirates, AHL minor league hockey team based in Portland, Maine Portland San Antonio, Spanish ASOBAL handball team based on Pamplona, Spain. Portland old boys, Bristol Downs League football team in Bristol, England

[edit] See also Portland stone, a limestone from the Isle of Portland used in the construction of many important buildings Portland cement, the type of cement used for most mortar and concrete, and for some other building materials, named from its similarity to Portland stone Portland (sheep), a small, ancient breed of sheep from the Isle of Portland Portland Project, an initiative to encourage the use of Linux on desktop computers

[edit] References ^ "Portland, n." 'OED Online.' Dec. 2007. Oxford University Press. 19 Jan. 2008 <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50184590>. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland" Categories: Disambiguation