PORTE


Meaning of PORTE in English

[ pɔ:t ]

(in full Sublime or Ottoman ~ )

■ noun the Ottoman court at Constantinople.

Origin

C17: from Fr. la Sublime ~ 'the exalted gate', translation of the Turk. title of the central office of the Ottoman government.

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