name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Latin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Portia
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː.ʃə/
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General-American: /ˈpɔɹ.ʃə/
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homophone: Porsche (some accents)
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ʃə
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R SH AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The seventh satellite of the planet Uranus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: portia tree
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin Porcia, a feminine form of the gens name Porcius (the gens of the Cato the Elder and his famous descendants), from porcus (“pig”). The moon is named for the character in The Merchant of Venice.
Corruption of Tamil பூவரசு (pūvaracu, literally “flower-king”), from பூ (pū, “flower”) + அரசு (aracu, “peepul tree”).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Japanese: ポーシャ (Pōsha) — moon of Uranus
- Russian: По́рция (Pórcija) — moon of Uranus