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Portia name of the heroine in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, dressed in men's clothes, successfully defends her husband's friend Antonio from the prosecution of Shylock; her name may be used allusively for a female advocate or barrister.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

Portia

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Portia (Uranus XII) One of the lesser satellites of Uranus, with a diameter of 55 km. It was discovered in 1986.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

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