Port Royal
See also: Port-Royal
English
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Etymology
- (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real
- (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal
- (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.
Proper noun
- A town and former capital of Jamaica.
- A location in Canada:
- (historical) The former capital city of Acadia, French North America
- (historical) Former name of Annapolis Royal, a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
- A village in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
- A village in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
- A neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.
- (historical) The former capital city of Acadia, French North America
- A location in the United States:
- Ellipsis of Port Royal Sound. An inlet in South Carolina
- Ellipsis of Port Royal Island.
- A town on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, named after Port Royal Sound.
- A borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Caroline County, Virginia.
- Ellipsis of Port Royal Sound. An inlet in South Carolina
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