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Rat Portage

Rat Portage proper noun: a former town in northern Ontario, Canada, near the border with Manitoba; modern Kenora.

Proper noun

Rat Portage

  1. A former town in northern Ontario, Canada, near the border with Manitoba; modern Kenora.

Origin of Rat Portage

Named after the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post: rat referred to muskrats.

Questions about Rat Portage

What does Rat Portage mean?
Rat Portage means a former town in northern Ontario, Canada, near the border with Manitoba; modern Kenora.
What part of speech is Rat Portage?
Rat Portage is a proper noun.

Words near Rat Portage in the dictionary

  1. rat packs
  2. rat pit
  3. rat pits
  4. rat poison
  5. rat poisons
  6. Rat Portage
  7. rat printing office
  8. rat printing offices
  9. rat race
  10. rat racer
  11. rat racers

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