city & port in NW Oreg., near the confluence of the Columbia & Willamette rivers: pop. 529,000
seaport in SW Me., on the Atlantic: pop. 64,000
See Portland in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pôrtˈlənd, pōrtˈ-)
A city of southwest Maine on an arm of the Gulf of Maine south of Lewiston. Settled c. 1632, it became a commercial center in the 17th century and was state capital from 1820 to 1832. It is the largest city in the state. Population: 63,000.
The largest city of Oregon, in the northwest part of the state on the Willamette River near its junction with the Columbia River. Founded in 1845, it grew as a lumber-exporting port and supply point for the California and Alaska goldfields. Population: 537,000.