Porte

porte porté portë English Ottoman + Alternative forms Ottoman Porte Sublime Porte Etymology From en frm porte gate, ultimately after en ota باب عالی Bâb-ı Âli Exalted Gate, from ar بَاب gate and ar عَالِيّ high, exalted, a synecdoche for the Ottoman government originally referring to the outer gate of the sultan's Topkapı palace at which justice was administered, and later to the gate of the palace of the grand vizier. Proper noun en now historical The Ottoman court; hence, the government of the Ottoman empire. from 15th c. en 20 February 1793 w:Hester Piozzi Thraliana Another odd Combination: 'tis now confidently asserted that the Ottoman Porte enters into a League offensive & defensive with France . en 1988 Milorad Pavić Christina Pribićević-Zorić Dictionary of the Khazars 24 Vintage 1989 A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man. en 2015 Eugene Rogan The Fall of the Ottomans 19 Penguin 2016 The Ottoman defenders in Edirne (ancient Adrianople, a city in modern Turkey near Greece and Bulgaria) were left surrounded and under siege when the Porte sued for an armistice in early December 1912. Anagrams en eoprt -trope ptero- Perot trope Petro retop petro- repot petro tepor toper opter en Ottoman Empire German Pronunciation de De-Porte.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun de noun form de Port nom//acc//gen p harbor