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Porte

noun

: the government of the Ottoman empire

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Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022. Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025 While the story is set on a small Michigan farm, parts of the film were shot in La Porte and New Carlisle. Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025 John Lowe and his son Hayden Lowe have been charged in connection with the deaths of a beagle and chocolate Labrador retriever, the La Porte County Sheriff's Office in Indiana announced last week. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025 Emily Archambault, 29, and her sister-in-law Taylor Martin, 29, in La Porte, Indiana, will be putting out pasta and sauce, peanut butter and jelly, cereal and other foods, along with diapers and wipes on Halloween. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Porte

Word History

Etymology

French, short for Sublime Porte, literally, sublime gate; from the gate of the sultan's palace where justice was administered

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Porte was in the 15th century

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“Porte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Porte. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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