PORTE


Meaning of PORTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɔ:t ]

n. (in full the Sublime or Ottoman Porte) hist. the Ottoman court at Constantinople. [F (la Sublime Porte = the exalted gate), transl. of Turk. title of the central office of the Ottoman government]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.