Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
is a
port city in the U.S. state of
Oregon located at the
confluence
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of the
Willamette and
Columbia River
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s. Established in the 1830s as a camp along the
Oregon Trail, Portland evolved into a major
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* Western Australia
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* West Coast, Tasmania
**West Coast Range, mountain range in the region
Canada
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industrial city during the twentieth century. Contemporarily, it is the most populous city in Oregon, and the second-largest city in the
Pacific Northwest.
This list of notable people includes persons who were either born in, are current residents of, or have lived in Portland. A person who lives in or comes from Portland, Oregon is called a ''Portlander''.
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