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Portia definition

Por·tia (pôr′s̸hə)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

Etymology: L Porcia, fem. of Porcius, name of a Roman gens, prob. < porcus: see farrow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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