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Port Royal

Port Royal proper noun: a town and former capital of Jamaica. Also the ellipsis of Port Royal Island.

Proper noun

Port Royal

  1. A town and former capital of Jamaica.
  2. (historical) The former capital city of Acadia, French North America.
  3. (historical) Former name of Annapolis Royal: a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
  4. A village in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
  5. A village in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
  6. A neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.
  7. A town on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, named after Port Royal Sound.
  8. A borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
  9. A town in Caroline County, Virginia.

Also used as

Port Royal is also the ellipsis of Port Royal Island.

Forms of Port Royal

alternative formPort-Royal

Origin of Port Royal

From port + royal. * (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real * (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal * (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

Questions about Port Royal

What does Port Royal mean?
Port Royal means a town and former capital of Jamaica.
What part of speech is Port Royal?
Port Royal is a proper noun.

Words near Port Royal in the dictionary

  1. port replicator
  2. port replicators
  3. Port Republic
  4. Port Rexton
  5. Port Richey
  6. Port Royal
  7. Port Royal Island
  8. Port Said
  9. Port Salford
  10. Port Salut
  11. Port Sandwich

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