Portishead

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Portishead

/pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/

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From the genitive singular of Old English port (“harbor”), portes + hēafod (“head”), meaning "the harbor headland".

proper noun

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676). Portishead, lying west-north-west of Bristol, on the Severn, had a small port from medieval times on its pill, or inlet, and began to develop as a seaside resort early in the nineteenth century, when it was served by steam packets from Bristol.

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@misc{portishead_2026,
  title = {Portishead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portishead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}