Definition of Portage. Meaning of Portage. Synonyms of Portage

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Definition of Portage

Portage
Portage Port"age, n. [3d Port.] A porthole. [Obs.] --Shak.
Portage
Portage Por"tage, n. [F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry.] 1. The act of carrying or transporting. 2. The price of carriage; porterage. --Bp. Fell. 3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. 4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
Portage
Portage Por"tage, v. t. & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.

Meaning of Portage from wikipedia

- Portage or portaging (CA: /pɔːrˈtɑːʒ/; US: /ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ/) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river...
- Height of Land Portage is a portage along the historic Boundary Waters route between Canada and the United States. Located at the border of the Canadian...
- route. Portage may also refer to: Portage, Alaska Portage, Indiana Portage, Kansas Portage, Maine Portage, Michigan Portage (town), New York Portage, Ohio...
- Portage Township may refer to: Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana Portage Charter Township, Michigan...
- Portage Lake may refer to: Portage Lake, Maine Portage Lakes, Ohio Portage Lake (Alaska) Portage Lake (Maine) Portage Lake (Keweenaw), in the Keweenaw...
- Portage (/ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ/ POR-tij) is a city in Portage and Westchester townships, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, on the border with Lake County...
- The Chicago Portage was an ancient portage that connected the Great Lakes waterway system with the Mississippi River system. This connection provided comparatively...
- Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. The po****tion was 48,891 at the 2020 census. It is the smaller of the two main cities...
- Portage is a package management system originally created for and used by Gentoo Linux and also by ChromeOS and Calculate among others. Portage is based...
- Portage la Prairie (/ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ lə ˈprɛəri/) is a metropolis size city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. In 2016, the po****tion was 26...