portishead

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/

Definition of portishead

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A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).

“Portishead, lying west-north-west of Bristol, on the Severn, had a small port from medieval times on its pill, or inlet, and began to develop as a seaside resort early in the nineteenth century, when it was served by steam packets from Bristol.”

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From the genitive singular of Old English port (“harbor”), portes + hēafod (“head”), meaning "the harbor headland".

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