Crossword clues for porte
porte
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Porte \Porte\, n. [F. porte a gate, L. porta. See Port a gate.] The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Ottoman court at Constantinople," c.1600, from French, in full, la Sublime Porte, literally "the high gate," translation of Arabic al-Bab al-'Ali, "lofty gate," official name of the central office of the Ottoman government (compare Vatican for "the Papacy," White House for "the United States"). Compare also mikado. Supposedly a reference to the ancient custom of holding royal audience in the doorway of a king's palace or tent.
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Porte may refer to:
- Sublime Porte - the central government of the Ottoman empire
- Porte, Piedmont - a municipality in the Piedmont region of Italy
- John Cyril Porte, British/Irish aviator
- Toyota Porte
- Richie Porte - an Australian professional cyclist who competes for Team BMC
Usage examples of "porte".
The establishment of Augustus on the throne of Poland was in some measure owing to the conduct of Peter the czar of Muscovy, who having formed great designs against the Ottoman Porte, was very unwilling to see the crown of Poland possessed by a partizan of France, which was in alliance with the grand seignor.
Coucy, known for his tact and persuasiveness, was sent with the Duke of Burgundy and the Chancellor to the Porte St.
Une rampe monte en serpentant a une vieille porte de la ville qui reste debout, flanquee de ses deux tours decrenelees que fleurissent de petits oeillets roses.
A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man.
Le flot dans lequel on trempait les pecheurs charnels se voit encore proche la porte Guillaume.
The beginning of one between the Rue des Deux Portes and the Rue Saint Sauveur, barring the Rue Saint Denis.
Mautravers ramassa scrupuleusement tous ces morceaux les emporta, mais en sortant il laissa la porte de la chambre ouverte.
Au-dessus de la porte, un humble sculpteur qui vivait au temps du roi Henri IV ou du roi Louis XIII, a figure, sous une sorte de dais, une barque montee par deux personnages.
Mais, avant que le domestique fut sorti, la porte du salon se rouvrit et la jeune dame qui paraissait tres jolie sous son voile entra.
Il faut en quelque sorte ouvrir les valvules et tenir la porte au camarade suivant.
Mautravers ramassa scrupuleusement tous ces morceaux les emporta, mais en sortant il laissa la porte de la chambre ouverte.
Whilst the Porte was fulminating her bull of excommunication, she directed a note to the corps diplomatique at Constantinople, in which she explained the quarrel with her subjects, and in which she demanded the strictest neutrality on the part of the great powers, and declared Egypt in a state of blockade.
Las VegasCaptain Jeff Porte of the Las Vegas Police Department was having a tough time convincing the head of security for Dreamworld to allow him to enter the penthouse.
Porte de la Muette, what had once been a gateway in the old city walls and was now an entrance to the Bois.
Andrews to a moderately gloating roundup of problems to be raised when representatives of the Kaiser and the Sublime Porte finally held separate meetings with a US arbitrator, to discuss renewing the Osmanli Accord, the treaty that defined spheres of economic influence in North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans.