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Portishead
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English
+, Somerset
Etymology
From the genitive singular of en ang port harbor, ang portes + ang hēafod head, meaning "the harbor headland".
Pronunciation
en /pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/
Proper noun
en coastal town/and/cpar with a town council in uauth/North Somerset co/Somerset cc/England, on the Bristol Channel OS grid ref ST4676.
en 1955 June C. L. Mowat The Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway Railway Magazine 371 Portishead, lying west-north-west of Bristol, on the Severn, had a small port from medieval times on its pill, or inlet, and began to develop as a seaside resort early in the nineteenth century, when it was served by steam packets from Bristol.
References
Parish map
Anagrams
en adehioprst distrophae
en terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs