noun
Portia
PAW-shuh
noun
1
A female given name.
"Portia is a name best known from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice."
How to Use Portia
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA woman's name, famous from Shakespeare.
Word Forms
portias plural
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Etymology
From the Latin family name Porcia, feminine form of Porcius, ultimately from porcus ("pig"). The name is now most associated with the clever heroine of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and one of Uranus's moons is named after her.