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Porte (pôrt)

noun

the Ottoman Turkish government

Etymology: Fr, short for la Sublime Porte, transl. of Turk Babi Ali, chief office of the Ottoman Empire, lit., High Gate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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