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Portland most commonly refers to:

Portland may also refer to:

Places and establishments

Australia

  • Cape Portland, Tasmania, a cape on the north-eastern tip of Tasmania
  • Portland, New South Wales, a town with the first Australian cement works
  • Portland, Victoria, a regional city and port
  • City of Portland (Victoria), a former local government area (LGA)

Canada

  • Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario (sometimes mistakenly spelled "Portlands"), the eastern part of the Toronto waterfront
  • Portland Island (British Columbia), a small island off the coast of Vancouver island
  • Portland Inlet, an inlet between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia
  • Portland Estates, Nova Scotia, an area of Halifax
  • Portland, Ontario, a town north of Kingston, Ontario
  • Portland, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village on the east coast of Newfoundland

Hong Kong

  • Portland Street, a popular business and shopping street in Hong Kong

Ireland

Jamaica

New Zealand

South Africa

  • Portland, Mitchells Plain, a neighborhood of Cape Town

United Kingdom

  • Portland, Somerset, a location
  • Isle of Portland, a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, the origin of the name
    • Portland (ward), electoral district covering the Isle of Portland
    • Portland Bill, the headland at the tip of the Isle of Portland
    • Portland Harbour, a large man-made harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland
    • Weymouth and Portland, a local government district of Dorset, including the Isle of Portland
    • HM Prison Portland, a prison for male young offenders on the Isle of Portland
  • Portland College, an education establishment in the county of Nottinghamshire
  • Portland Gallery, an art gallery in Westminster, London
  • Portland House, a building in Westminster, London
  • Portland Place, a street in the Marylebone district of central London
  • Portland Square, Bristol, a Georgian square in the city of Bristol
  • Manchester One, formerly known as Portland Tower, a tower block in Manchester
  • Portland Walk Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Barrow-in-Furness
  • Great Portland Street, a street in the West End of London

United States

Transport

  • City of Portland (train), a passenger train running between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon
  • Duke of Portland (whaler), an American whaling ship
  • HMS Portland, any of eight ships of the British Navy
  • Portland (shipwreck), a ship sunk in the Portland Gale off New England in 1898
  • Portland (sidewheeler 1853)
  • Portland (1875 tugboat)
  • Portland (1947 tugboat), a preserved sternwheel tugboat based in Portland, Oregon
  • USS Portland, any of three United States Navy ships

Sports teams

Based in Portland, Oregon

  • Portland Beavers, a former PCL minor league baseball team
  • Portland Mavericks, a former NWL minor league baseball team and current independent team based in Keizer, Oregon
  • Portland Pickles, a collegiate baseball team
  • Portland Pilots, the intercollegiate athletic program of the University of Portland
  • Portland State Vikings, the intercollegiate athletic program of Portland State University
  • Portland Thorns FC, an American professional women's soccer club since 2013; operated by the current Portland Timbers (below)
  • Portland Timbers (disambiguation), several different soccer teams, including these:
    • Portland Timbers, an American professional soccer club since 2011
    • Portland Timbers 2, reserve side for the current Portland Timbers since 2015
  • Portland Trail Blazers, an NBA basketball team
  • Portland Winterhawks, a WHL hockey team

Based in Portland, Maine

Based elsewhere

  • SDC San Antonio, formerly known as Portland San Antonio, a Spanish ASOBAL handball team based in Pamplona, Spain

Other uses

  • "Portland" (song), a 2017 single from Canadian rapper Drake's album More Life
  • "Portland Oregon" (song), a 2004 single by Loretta Lynn and Jack White
  • Battle of Portland, a sea battle off the Isle of Portland in 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War
  • Battle of Portland Harbor, a naval battle near Portland, Maine in 1863 during the American Civil War
  • Portland (film), a 1996 Danish film
  • Portland, a fictional area, based on Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island, in the 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III
  • Portland cement, the type of cement used for most mortar and concrete
  • Portland Club (London), a club in London, the recognized authority on the games of whist and bridge
  • Portland Club (Portland, Maine), a club in Portland, Maine
  • Portland Communications, a British political consultancy and public relations agency
  • Portland Flats, an apartment building in Washington, D.C.
  • Portland Formation, a geological formation in the northeastern United States
  • Portland Gale, a storm off New England in 1898
  • Portland Hoffa, an American comedian
  • Portland Orange, a color of light emitted by the don't walk phase of pedestrian crossing signals in North America
  • Portland Project, an initiative to encourage the use of Linux on desktop computers
  • Portland sheep, an ancient breed of sheep from the Isle of Portland
  • Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica), a plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
  • Portland stone, limestone from the Isle of Portland
  • Portland Vase, a Roman antique exhibited at the British Galleries

See also

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