name
Meaning 1
A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.
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porus
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noun
Meaning 2
A pore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology
One theory expounded by Wikipedia is that is from porous, for porous soil. Another is that it is from Porras, a captain on the 2nd voyage of Columbus when he landed in Jamaica (Ralway Magazine, November-December 1945, page 340).