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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POORT

From Afrikaans, from Dutch: gateway.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POORT

poort  [pʊət] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POORT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Poort is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of poort in the English dictionary

The definition of poort in the dictionary is a steep narrow mountain pass, usually following a river or stream.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POORT


deciduate
dɪˈsɪdjʊət
Hanepoot
ˈhɑːnəˌpʊət
nongraduate
ˌnɒnˈɡrædʒʊət
Roodepoort
ˈruːdəˌpʊət
Stewart
ˈstjʊət
Stuart
ˈstjʊət
Udmurt
ˈʊdmʊət
yurt
jʊət

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POORT

poor cod
poor law
poor man´s orange
poor man´s orchid
poor man´s something
poor man´s weatherglass
poor mouth
poor rate
poor relation
poor White
poor-mouth
poor-spirited
poorbox
poorhouse
poori
poorish
poorly
poorness
poortith
poorwill

WORDS THAT END LIKE POORT

airport
Amersfoort
comfort
Dort
effort
Europoort
export
fort
import
means of transport
ort
port
rapport
report
resort
short
sort
sport
support
transport

Synonyms and antonyms of poort in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poort» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POORT

Find out the translation of poort to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of poort from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «poort» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Poort餐馆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poort
570 millions of speakers

English

poort
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

poort
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

POORT
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Poort
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poort
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

poort
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Poort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

山道
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

poort
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poort
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Poort
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

poort
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

poort
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poort
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poort
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Poort
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Poort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Poort
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Poort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Poort
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poort

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POORT»

The term «poort» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POORT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «poort» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «poort» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about poort

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POORT»

Discover the use of poort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Origins: The Story of the Emergence of Humans and Humanity ...
With hindsight, and the wisdom of John Vogel. it is now obvious that all of these ' dates' are infinite and that all of the MSA assemblages there, including the Howiesons Poort, are beyond conventional carbon-14 dating. The development of new ...
Geoffrey Blundell, 2006
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Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in ...
These factors indicate that the people using the cave between 50 and 60 ka actively hunted rather than scavenged, and were regularly targeting large animals in their prime (Plug 2004; Wells 2006). Selected results for the Howiesons Poort ...
Michael Haslam, Gail Robertson, Alison Crowther-Smith, 2009
3
'Magic is No Magic': The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin
They also contain information about one of the dwellings of Cathelyne van der Poort, Simon Stevin's mother, as documented in Beernaert et al. (2000). 1551, FEBRUARY 26: Municipal Archive, Bruges orphans' court, register of oaths taken by ...
Jozef T. Devreese, Guido Vanden Berghe, 2008
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The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology
2009) Post-Howieson's Poort MSA (Willoughby 2007) Howieson's Poort ( Willoughby 2007) MSA/LSA transition or Early LSA (Mitchell 2008) Post- Howieson's Poort (Willoughby 2007) Howieson's Poort Industry (Willoughby 2007) MSA I ...
Peter Mitchell, Paul Lane, 2013
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Howiesons Poort
Howiesons Poort (also called HP) is a lithic technology cultural period in the Middle Stone Age in Africa named after the Howieson's Poort Shelter archeological site near Grahamstown in South Africa.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Romance of Cape Mountain Passes
He estimated that a permanent road could be constructed for only £5,500.5 However, Toorwater Poort is, as said, about 50 kilometres east of Meirings- poort, which would have meant an extra one hundred and more kilometres' travel from the ...
Graham Ross, 2004
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Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set
Singer and Wymer grouped these layers into cultural phases designated, from oldest to youngest, as MSA I, MSA ll, Howieson's Poort, MSA Ill, and MSA IV. Deacon revised the stratigraphy, dividing the cultural deposits into members named, ...
Bernard Wood, 2011
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African Foragers: Environment, Technology, Interactions
At both Nelson Bay Cave and Klasies River, then, the earliest and the latest Howieson's Poort levels include backed pieces made on nonlocal quartzite, whereas the middle levels emphasize other raw materials (Singer and Wymer ...
Sibel Barut Kusimba, 2003
9
African Archaeology: Megalith, Cro-Magnon, Howiesons Poort, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2011
10
The Emergence of Modern Humans: An Archaeological Perspective
JOHN PARKINGTON INTRODUCTION Assemblages called Howiesons Poort ( Figure 2.1) are usually described as essentially Middle Stone Age in character but with smaller flake products, more blades (perhaps punch struck), a wider range ...
Paul Mellars, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POORT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term poort is used in the context of the following news items.
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Olympic journey continues for Australia's open water warriors
... at the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth in February to trial for the second spot alongside London Olympian Jarrod Poort for the ... «Hanson Sports Media, Jul 15»
2
Open Water Aussies Place Top 10 at FINA World Championships
While in the men's race Olympian Jarrod Poort finished 20th, with debutant Sam Sheppard 32nd in a field of 72. The two Queensland girls were ... «SwimSwam, Jul 15»
3
Aust swimmers in top-10 of 5km at Worlds
In the men's race, Olympian Jarrod Poort finished 20th, with debutant Sam Sheppard 32nd in a field of 72. South African Chad Ho won the ... «SBS, Jul 15»
4
Olympic Open Water Spots up for Grabs in Kazan
She will be joined by fellow Queenslander Jess Walker while Queensland-based Victorian Sam Sheppard and Wollongong's Jarrod Poort will ... «SwimSwam, Jul 15»
5
Rotterdam, Netherlands: A city to rival Europe's best
To the left, the mirrored glass of the Delftse Poort​ building reflects the fluffy white clouds. Behind, the gleaming metal, distorted chevron roof of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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“Swim smart” message to Australia's open water swimmers on eve of …
“Our four 5km swimmers, 2009 World Champion Mel Gorman, is a highly experienced and a dual Olympian; Jarrod Poort, fifth in 2015, along ... «Hanson Sports Media, Jul 15»
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Blog Selma: Lopen voor Hanukkah
En ook staan er soms wanhopige ouders aan de poort die hopen dat Mariëtte en Moses iets voor hun gehandicapte kind kunnen doen. «Hartvannederland.nl, Jul 15»
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Jan Bartlema & the HK Guitar Ensemble
He currently teaches at ROC Friese Poort in Drachten, the Netherlands, and is adamant that the teaching process is mutually beneficial. «Time Out Hong Kong, Jul 15»
9
10e editie Keningsljeppen Burgum
's-Middags om 14.30 uur vindt de 2e klas wedstrijd in de ROC Friese Poort Competitie plaats. Het bijzondere van deze wedstrijd is dat een ... «Waldnet, Jul 15»
10
Rescale Emerges With $6.4 Million to Make Complex Product …
The startup was founded by two former engineers at Boeing, Joris Poort and Adam McKenzie, who developed software tools while they were at ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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