See Also: porte(medicine)
Porte(dictionary)
La Porte Hospital(health)
porte-bouquet(dictionary)
porte-cochere(dictionary)
porte-monnaie(dictionary)
porte cochere(encyclopedia)
LA PORTE COMMUNITY Credit Union(finance)

Porte (iou)



Porte noun. E17.
[French (la Sublime) Porte (the exalted) gate translating Turkish official title of the central office of the Ottoman Government.]
Hist. More fully the Sublime Porte, the Ottoman Porte. The Ottoman court at Constantinople; transf. the Turkish government.