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Encyclopedia > Portia

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Fictional characters

Portia is the name of two characters in two plays by William Shakespeare. Portia is a name shared by two fictional heroines in plays by William Shakespeare: Portia in The Merchant of Venice Portia in Julius Caesar Category: ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


People

Portia Dawson is an American actress. Portia Dawson is an American film and television actress. ...


Portia de Rossi is an Australian-born actress. Portia de Rossi, born Amanda Lee Rogers on January 31, 1973, is an Australian actress who is best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the television series Arrested Development. ...


Portia Simpson-Miller is Political Leader of Jamaica's People's National Party and Prime Minister of Jamaica. Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP (born 12 December 1945 in Wood Hall, St. ... The Peoples National Party (PNP) is a democratic socialist Jamaican political party, founded by Norman Manley in 1938. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...


Portia White is a Canadian singer. Portia May White (June 24, 1911-February 13, 1968), was a singer who achieved international fame because of her voice and stage presence. ...


Porcia Catonis was the wife of Marcus Brutus. Porcia wounding her thigh by Elisabetta Sirani (1638 - 1665) Porcia Catonis, also known simply as Porcia [1] (Classical Latin: PORCIA•CATONIS•FILIA, ca. ... Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (85 BC–42 BC), or simply Brutus, was a Roman politician of the late Roman Republic. ...


Portia Duvall is a gorgeous student at weymouth college


Portia Richards was born in Japan 6th October 2007 Faygord 12:09, 7 October 2007 (UTC) her Grandad


Portia Harvey was born in UK 5th December 2006 [1]


Astronomy

Portia is a moon of Uranus. Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Portia (por-sha) is a moon of Uranus. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1. ...


Animals

Portia is also a clever New Zealand Bichon Frise owned by celebrated graphic artist Heidi Bromley.


Biology

Portia is a genus of jumping spiders. Diversity 17 species Type species Salticus fimbriatus Doleschall, 1859 Species see text Portia is a genus of jumping spider which feeds on other spiders (araneophagic). ... For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ... Diversity 553 genera, 5025 species Genera See List of Salticidae genera The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and over 5,000 species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species (Peng , 2002). ...


Portia tree, a plant native to Polynesia. Binomial name Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol ex Correa The Portia tree (Thespesia populnea; Family Malvaceae) is a small tree or arborescent shrub 5-10 (-20) m high that is pantropical in littoral environments, although probably native only to the Old World. ... Carving from the ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840 Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...


Companies

Portia Records is an independent record label.


Technology

Portia, a microchip from later versions of the Amiga computer
PORTIA, a portfolio management system by Thomson Financial Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) was the name used for the improved graphics chipset of the third generation Amiga computers at the beginning of the 1990s. ...


See also

Porsche, which is homophonic with the common English pronunciation of Portia, is a German manufacturer of sports cars. This article is about the auto company. ...


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This Portia, a rich heiress, is obliged by the terms of her father's will to set a puzzle to all prospective suitors, forcing them to choose between three caskets: of gold, silver and lead.
The lesser-known Shakespearean Portia is the wife of Brutus in Julius Caesar, and is an alternate spelling for Porcia.
This Portia, though she makes only one appearance, comes across as a loyal and devoted wife, a worthy confidante for her husband, and her role is the only substantial woman's part in the play.
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