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Ports·mouth [ páwrtsməth ]
1. city in southeastern New Hampshire, close to the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Kittery, Maine. It is an Atlantic seaport and was the colonial state capital.
Population: 20,618 (2006).
2. city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River and Hampton Roads, opposite Norfolk. It has one of the world's largest shipyards and dry dock systems.
Population: 101,377 (2006).
3. city and naval base in Hampshire, southern England.
Population: 186,701 (2001).
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