Porta can refer to:
People
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Porta (rapper)
Christian Jiménez Bundó (born 2 July 1988 in Barcelona), known professionally as Porta, is a Spanish rapper.
Early life and education
He was born in Sarrià, Barcelona.
Career
His lyrics have sometimes been controversial, and have been crit ...
(born 1988), stagename of Christian Jiménez Bundo, a Spanish rap singer
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Porta (surname), surname
Places
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La Porta, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica
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Porta (Barcelona) a neighbourhood of Barcelona, Spain
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Porta, Pyrénées-Orientales, a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France
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Porta, Thessaly, a pass and settlement in Thessaly, central Greece
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Porta, Xanthi, a district of Xanthi in Thrace, northeastern Greece
* ''Porta'', the
Hungarian name for Poarta village,
Bran
Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the component of a Cereal, cereal grain consisting of the hard layersthe combined aleurone and Fruit anatomy#Pericarp layers, pericarpsurrounding the endosperm. Maize, Corn (maize) bran also includes the p ...
Commune, Braşov County, Romania
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Porta del Sol, a tourism region in western Puerto Rico
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Porta Littoria, the name applied from 1939 to 1946 for the town of La Thuile in the Valle d’Aosta, Italy
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Porta Westfalica in Germany
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Porta Nigra
The Porta Nigra (Latin language, Latin for ''black gate''), referred to by locals as Porta, is a large Roman Empire, Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The name ''Porta Nigra'' originated in the Middle Ages d ...
in Trier, Germany
Convents
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Porta Coeli (Moravia), in the Czech Republic, a convent from 1239 after which an asteroid is named
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Porta Coeli (Puerto Rico), in San Germán, Puerto Rico
Railway stations
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Porta Alpina, a proposed railway station to be located in the middle of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern Switzerland
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Porta Nuova, Turin, a railway station in Turin, northern Italy
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Verona Porta Nuova railway station
Verona Porta Nuova is the main railway station of Verona, Italy. It is one of the two stations serving central Verona; the other station, Verona Porta Vescovo railway station, Verona Porta Vescovo, is located at the east of the city.
It is situa ...
, in Verona, northern Italy
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Porta Susa
Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova railway station, Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in ''Corso England, Inghilterra''.
History
The ...
, a railway station in Turin, northern Italy
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Porta Gia Ton Ourano, a song recorded by Greek pop singer Elena Paparizou
City gates
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Porta Appia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, now known as the Porta San Sebastiano
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Porta Asinaria
The Porta Asinaria is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome. Dominated by two protruding tower blocks and associated guard rooms, it was built between 271 and 275 AD, at the same time as the Wall itself. Unlike most of the other gates, it was not ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Borsari
Porta Borsari is an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy.
The gate dates to the 1st century AD, though it was most likely built over a pre-existing gate from the 1st century BC. An inscription dating from Emperor Gallienus' reign reports ...
, a Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy.
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Porta Capena
The Porta Capena was a gate in the Servian Wall in Rome, Italy.
The gate was located in the area of Piazza di Porta Capena, where the Caelian, Palatine and Aventine hills meet. Probably its exact position was between the entrance of Via di Va ...
, a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome
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Porta Capuana
The Porta Capuana is a Renaissance city gate in Naples, Italy, originally passing through the medieval city walls, of which two bastions remain to the sides. The gate also gives its name to the zone, which is one of the ten boroughs of Naples. Th ...
, an ancient city gate in Naples, southern Italy
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Porta Collina
The Colline Gate (Latin ''Porta Collina'') was a landmark in ancient Rome, supposed to have been built by Servius Tullius, semi-legendary king of Rome 578–535 BC. The gate stood at the north end of the Servian Wall, and past it were two im ...
, a gate at the north end of the Servian Wall of Rome
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Porta de Santiago
A Famosa () was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, circa 1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole. Some time following the Battle of Malacca (1641) ...
, a small gate house and the only remaining part of the A Famosa fortress in Malacca, Malaysia
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Porta Decumana
''Castra'' () is a Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified military base.. Included is a discuss ...
, the back gate of a Roman ''castrum''
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Porta Esquilina
The Porta Esquilina (or Esquiline Gate) was a gate in the Servian Wall,Platner, S.B. and Ashby, T. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome''. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University, Press. 1929 of which the Arch of Gallienus is extant t ...
, a gate in the Servian Wall of Rome
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Porta Flaminia
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.
History
The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia p ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Latina
The Porta Latina (Latin - ''Latin Gate'') is a single-arched gate in the Aurelian Walls of ancient Rome.
History
It marked the Rome end of the Via Latina and gives its name to the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina. Most of the present st ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Leoni, an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy
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Porta Liviana, a medieval gate in the walls of Padua, Italy
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Porta Maggiore
The Porta Maggiore ("Larger Gate"), or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome. Through the gate ran two ancient roads: the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana. The Via Pr ...
, or Porta Prenestina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Nigra
The Porta Nigra (Latin language, Latin for ''black gate''), referred to by locals as Porta, is a large Roman Empire, Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The name ''Porta Nigra'' originated in the Middle Ages d ...
, in Trier, Germany
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Porta Nomentana, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Ognissanti (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua
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Porta Ostiensis, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Pia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Pinciana, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Portese, a gate in the seventeenth-century Janiculum Walls of Rome
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Porta Portuensis (or Porta Maggiore), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Praetoria, the main gate of a Roman ''castrum''
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Porta Praenestina (or Porta Maggiore), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Prenestina (or Porta Maggiore), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta San Giovanni (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua
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Porta Salaria, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta San Giovanni (Rome), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta San Giovanni (San Gimignano), a gate in the walls of San Gimignano
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Porta San Giovanni (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua
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Porta San Lorenzo, the ancient Porta Tiburtina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Palatina
The Palatine Gate (; Piedmontese: ''Pòrta Palatin-a'') is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy. The gate provided access through the city walls of ''Julia Augusta Taurinorum'' (modern Turin) from the North side and, as a result, it con ...
in Turin, Italy
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Porta San Pancrazio, a gate in the Janiculum district of Rome
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Porta San Paolo, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta San Sebastiano, the ancient Porta Appia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Santa Croce (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua
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Porta Savonarola (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua
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Porta Settimiana, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Tiburtina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
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Porta Trigemina, a gate in the fourth-century Servian Wall of Rome
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Porta del Popolo, once the Porta Flaminia, a gate in the fourth-century Servian Wall of Rome
Other
* Porta, a mobile GSM carrier of Ecuador owned by
América Móvil
América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican telecommunications corporation headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the 7th largest mobile network operator in the world in terms of equity subscribers, as well as one of the largest corpor ...
* Porta, the main brand of beer engine manufacturer
Porter Lancastrian
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Porta a Porta
''Porta a Porta'' () is an Italian late night television talk show
A talk show is a television programming, radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Te ...
, an Italian television talk show
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Porta-bote, a small, portable, foldable boat
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Porta cath
In medicine, a port or chemoport is a small appliance that is installed beneath the skin. A catheter (plastic tube) connects the port to a vein. Under the skin, the port has a septum (a silicone membrane) through which drugs can be injected an ...
, or port, or portacath, a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin
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Porta classroom, a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide additional classroom space
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Porta-Color
General Electric's Porta-Color was the first "portable" color television introduced in the United States in 1966.
The Porta-Color set introduced a new variation of the shadow mask display tube. It had the electron guns arranged in an in-line confi ...
, a portable color television
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Porta della Pescheria, the north portal of the Cathedral of Modena
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Porta hepatis
The porta hepatis or transverse fissure of the liver is a short but deep fissure, about 5 cm long, extending transversely beneath the left portion of the right lobe of the liver, nearer its posterior surface than its anterior border.
It join ...
, or transverse fissure of the liver
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Porta Hotel Antigua a hotel in Antigua
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Porta Hungarica, the Devín Gate or Hainburger Gate, a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria
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Porta-ledge, a deployable hanging tent system designed for rock climbers
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Porta Obscura, an album by German gothic metal band Coronatus
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Porta potty, a portable toilet
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Porta Prima Augustus, a 2.04m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar
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Porta Westfalica (gorge)
Weser watershed
The Porta Westfalica (German pronunciation: �pɔʁta vɛstˈfaːlɪka, also known as the Westphalian Gap, is a gorge and water gap where the Weser river breaks through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehen Hil ...
, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Portakabin, an English trade name for a kind of portable building
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PortaPuTTY, a terminal emulator application
* Porta, a common misspelling of
Kodak Portra film
See also
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Portanova (disambiguation)
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Portia (disambiguation)
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