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A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town and former settlement in Alaska, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1964.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in the town of Portage Lake, Aroostook County, Maine.
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A city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
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A town in Livingston County, New York.
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A village in Wood County, Ohio.
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A home rule borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
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A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, named after Portage County in Ohio.
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A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Portage Township.
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A small settlement in the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.
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An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
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The route used for such carrying.
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A charge made for carrying something.
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Carrying capacity; tonnage.
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The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
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A porthole.
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verb
To carry a boat overland.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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carrying boats and supplies overland
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Broader terms: carry
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overland track between navigable waterways
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Broader terms: track, cart track, cartroad
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the cost of carrying or transporting
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Broader terms: cost
History
From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
