portal

• a short vein that carries blood into the liver
• a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
• a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
• A door or gate
• The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions
• Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment
• By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church
• The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces
• A prayer book or breviary
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Brazil in Bahia
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Cape Verde in Sao Domingos
• Residential area (city, town, village) in French Guiana
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Peru in Loreto
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Philippines in Nueva Ecija
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Portugal in Viana do Castelo
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Portugal in Azores
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Arizona
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Georgia
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Montana
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Nebraska
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Dakota

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