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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTOLAN

portolan  [ˈpɔːtəˌlæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTOLAN

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Portolan is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PORTOLAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

portolan

Portolan chart

Portolan or portulan charts are navigational maps based on compass directions and estimated distances observed by the pilots at sea. They were first made in the 13th century in Italy, and later in Spain and Portugal, with later 15th and 16th century charts noted for their cartographic accuracy. With the advent of widespread competition among seagoing nations during the Age of Discovery, Portugal and Spain considered such maps to be state secrets. The English and Dutch relative newcomers found the description of Atlantic and Indian coastlines extremely valuable for their raiding, and later trading, ships. The word portolan comes from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning "related to ports or harbors", or "a collection of sailing directions".

Definition of portolan in the English dictionary

The definition of portolan in the dictionary is a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTOLAN


Acrilan
ˈækrɪˌlæn
Ameslan
ˈæməsˌlæn
Catalan
ˈkætəˌlæn
Celan
ˈsɛlæn
clan
klæn
flan
flæn
gamelan
ˈɡæmɪˌlæn
hyalomelan
ˌhaɪəˈlɒməˌlæn
jambolan
ˈdjæmbəˌlæn
Klan
klæn
melphalan
ˈmelfəˌlæn
Milan
mɪˈlæn
plan
plæn
rataplan
ˌrætəˈplæn
replan
riːˈplæn
tolan
ˈtəʊlæn
xylan
ˈzaɪlæn
yulan
ˈjuːlæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTOLAN

portmantua
Portnet
Porto
Porto Alegre
Porto Novo
Porto Rican
Porto Rico
Porto Velho
portobello
Portobelo
portrait
portrait gallery
portrait lens
portrait mode
portrait painter
portrait photographer
portrait photography
portraitist
portraiture
portray

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTOLAN

action plan
Alan
Angolan
business plan
collembolan
doolan
Dylan
floor plan
Guatemalan
hallan
Macmillan
Magellan
McMillan
Nolan
open-plan
ortolan
prolan
solan
ulan
Venezuelan

Synonyms and antonyms of portolan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «portolan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTOLAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

portolan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

portulana
570 millions of speakers

English

portolan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोर्टोलन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البورتولانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

portolan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Portolan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

portolan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

portulan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Portolan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

portolan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

portolan
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

portolan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portolan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

portolan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்டோலன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्टोलान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

portolan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portolano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Portolan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

portolan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

portolan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πορτολάνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

portolan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

portolan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

portolan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of portolan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTOLAN»

The term «portolan» is normally little used and occupies the 115.571 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTOLAN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTOLAN»

Discover the use of portolan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to portolan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shedding the Veil: Mapping the European Discovery of America ...
PORTOLAN CHART [unfifled portolan chart of Europe, the Mediterranean and Black Seas, the coast of West Africa through the Canaries, and of undetermined islands in the Atlantic Ocean]. Attributed to Batista Beccari, Genoa(?), circa 1434.
Thomas Suárez, 1992
2
Medieval Science Technology and Medicine: An Encyclopedia
Some one hundred eighty portolan charts, all oriented to the north, survive from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The famed Catalan Atlas (1375) is a multi- sheet hybrid of a mappamundi and portolan chart. It was created in Barcelona for  ...
Thomas F. Glick, Steven Livesey, Faith Wallis, 2014
3
Representing Place: Landscape Painting and Maps
The portolan chartists were the first "to pursue mapmaking as a full-time commercial craft" (Wilford, The Mapmakers, p. 50). 24. Campbell, "Portolan Charts from the Lare Thirteenth Century to 1500," p. 445. 25. "From the earliest extant copies, ...
Edward S. Casey, 2002
4
Piri Reis & Turkish Mapmaking After Columbus: The Khalili ...
Soucek's analysis shows how Reis's work represented a fusion of the Islamic world view with European map-making traditions.
Svat Soucek, 1996
5
The World Map, 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and ...
Tony Campbell says that no surviving chart with a latitude scale can be dated before the sixteenth century (“Portolan Charts,” 386). Alison Sandman describes the resistance of pilots to abandoning the rhumb-line chart; see, e.g., “An Apologia ...
Evelyn Edson, 2011
6
Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator ...
As predecessors go, portolan charts are an impressive lot. In addition to having held the mathematically superior Mercator projection at bay for a century or two after its initial presentation in 1569, they attract a far greater following among map  ...
Mark Monmonier, 2010
7
Piri Reis Map of 1513
The map is a portolan-style map. Portolan charts began as mariners' sea charts of the coastal regions of the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas during the thirteenth century, developing first among the Venetians and the Genoese and ...
Gregory C. McIntosh, 2012
8
To The End of the Earth
The oldest surviving portolan chart dates from around 1 290. It shows the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It was christened the Carte Pisane because a family who lived in Pisa originally owned it, but exactly who compiled it is an unsolved ...
Jeremy Harwood, 2006
9
Quests of the Dragon and Bird Clan
The Portolan maps In the early fourteenth century, a Venetian named Marino Sanuto submitted a book entitled "Secretum Fidelium Crucis" to the Pope outlining a plan for a crusade to capture the Indian Ocean trade routes. In this book was ...
Paul Kekai Manansala, 2006
10
Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the ...
The portolan of the South Sea did not include “discoveries” made from 1549 onward, including the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, and the coast of China. Zamorano proposed that all pilots coming from those regions show their pilot books.
Antonio Barrera-Osorio, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTOLAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term portolan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mapping out a journey
In the 13th and 14th centuries, a specific group of maps, the portolan charts, appeared. These included sailing directions between various ports ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
2
Casella Waste Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CWST) Had Its Target …
Also, Portolan Capital Management Llc have 2.76% of their long stock exposure invested in the company for 2.74 million shares. The New ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
3
Northland Capital Begins Coverage on SciQuest (NASDAQ:SQI …
In addition, Portolan Capital Management Llc have 1.58% of their fund's portfolio invested in the company for 507,703 shares. «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
4
Warning Abiomed Inc Pesimists! Is Your Research Better Than Of …
Some of these are: Cortina Asset Management Llc, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc., Nichols Asset Management Llc, Portolan Capital ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
5
Tile Shop Holdings Inc Nabron International Inc decreased Position
The MA Portolan Capital Management Llc was also a notable investor in the firm, owning 500550 shares. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc is 1.11% of ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
6
Collecting Guide: Maps
Portolan atlases and charts, by which medieval and Renaissance sea ... By their nature as manuscript maps, Portolan maps are unique. «Christie's, Jun 15»
7
How Will Vonage Holdings Corp (NYSE:VG) Stock React To …
Furthermore, Portolan Capital Management Llc have 1.42% of their stocks portfolio invested in the company for 1.57 million shares. «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
8
The Insider, John Casella Sold 2928 Shares of Casella Waste …
The Massachusetts-based fund Portolan Capital Management Llc have 2.00% of their stock portfolio invested in the company's market cap for ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
9
Warning Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (NASDAQ:GT) optimists …
Some of them are: Portolan Capital Management Llc, Icm Asset Management Inc Wa, Lombard Odier Asset Management (Usa) Corp, Towle ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
10
Is Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) Stock a Sell after Seth …
George Mccabe's Portolan Capital Management Llc is the most positive hedge fund on Overstock.Com Inc, with ownership of 487,488 shares ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»

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