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Topic: BUILDING

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Medieval Latin portale 'city gate', from Latin porta; PORT

portal

 noun
     
por‧tal [countable]
1 a website that helps you find other websites
2 [usually plural] literaryTB a tall and impressive gate or entrance to a building
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