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portia

/ˈpɔɹ.ʃə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
Por-tia
IPA
/ˈpɔɹ.ʃə/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Latin.

name

The seventh satellite of the planet Uranus.

noun

Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Porcia, பூவரசு

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɔɹ.ʃə/
  • British English: /ˈpɔː.ʃə/

Inflected Forms

portias (plural)

Synonyms

portia tree

Homonyms

Porsche (some accents)

Rhymes With

porsche consortia

Questions

How do you pronounce portia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɔɹ.ʃə/.
What does portia mean?
A female given name from Latin.
Where does portia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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