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Ports·mouth (pôrts′mət̸h)

  1. seaport in Hampshire, S England, on the English Channel: county district pop. 175,000

  2. Etymology: after the city in England

    seaport in SE Va., on Hampton Roads: pop. 101,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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