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/pawr"sheuh, -shee euh, pohr"-/, n.1. the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.2. a woman lawyer.3. a female given name.
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Portia — ist der Name einer weiblichen Figur aus William Shakespeares Komödie Der Kaufmann von Venedig der Frau des Marcus Iunius Brutus (eigentlich: Porcia), siehe Porcia (Tochter Catos) des Apostolischen Nuntius Bartolomeo Portia (* 1525 (?); † 1578)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Portia — Portia, AR U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 483 Housing Units (2000): 225 Land area (2000): 1.292224 sq. miles (3.346844 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.292224 sq. miles (3.346844 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Portia, AR — U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 483 Housing Units (2000): 225 Land area (2000): 1.292224 sq. miles (3.346844 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.292224 sq. miles (3.346844 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
PORTIA — filia Catonis. Vide Porcias. Haec, auditâ morte Bruti maritiapud Philippos interfecti, sibi mortem intulit. Martial. l. 1. Epigr. 43. Coniugis audîsset fatum quum Portia Bruti, Et subtracta sibi quaereret arma dolor: Nondum scitis, ait, mortem… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Portia — f English: name that occurs twice in the works of Shakespeare, once as the name of the wife of Brutus in Julius Caesar. The historical Brutus wife was called Porcia, feminine form of the Roman family name Porcius, which is apparently a derivative … First names dictionary
Portia L.J. — Portia Law Journal … Black's law dictionary
Portia — [pôr′shə] n. [L Porcia, fem. of Porcius, name of a Roman gens, prob. < porcus: see FARROW1] 1. a feminine name 2. the heroine of Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice … English World dictionary
