Portsmouth

[ pawrts-muhth, pohrts- ]

noun

1. a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
2. a seaport in SE Virginia: navy yard.
3. a seaport in SE New Hampshire: naval base; Russian-Japanese peace treaty 1905.
4. a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
5. a town in SE Rhode Island.

Portsmouth

/ ˈpɔːtsməθ /

noun

1. Informal namePompey a port in S England, in Portsmouth unitary authority, Hampshire, on the English Channel: Britain's chief naval base; university (1992). Pop: 187 056 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in S England, in Hampshire. Pop: 188 700 (2003 est). Area: 37 sq km (14 sq miles)
3. a port in SE Virginia, on the Elizabeth River: naval base; shipyards. Pop: 99 617 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Strawbery Banke Museum is in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, near the banks of the Piscataqua River, just a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean.

From MIT Technology Review

By then, former Portsmouth police chief Tonya Chapman had replaced Bennett as parole board chairwoman.

From Washington Post

He’s an independent researcher in Portsmouth, England, who studies psychology.

From Science News For Students

Stampy, the biggest YouTube star this side of the pond, is also known as 23-year-old Joseph Garrett from Portsmouth.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, Portsmouth Middle School students—like the journalists reporting on the Smartie-snorting epidemic—are late to the party.

From The Daily Beast

He did succeed for a while in owning Portsmouth FC, the even more ailing British football club.

From The Daily Beast

In Portsmouth, a down-ballot ticket-mate, county attorney candidate Joe Plaia, joined Maggie as she mingled with voters.

From The Daily Beast

In Portsmouth, a few hours later, the debt was $51,000 for “every man woman and child in America.”

From The Daily Beast

Marryat gives us in “Peter Simple” a vivid and convincing picture of the sailor going to Portsmouth to rejoin his ship.

From Project Gutenberg

Peter is setting out for Portsmouth for the first time, and everything is new to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Curiously enough, on another fifth of October , he “set out at two” from Portsmouth.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile we resume our itinerary of the Portsmouth Road where we broke off, at Esher.

From Project Gutenberg

See what a long list the wayside commons make from London to Portsmouth.

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