Portia (disambiguation)
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Biology
- Portia (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
- Anaea troglodytaAnaea troglodytaThe Florida Leafwing, Portia or Florida Goatweed Butterfly is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in extreme southern Florida and the Florida Keys....
, a brush-footed butterfly commonly known as the Florida Leafwing, Florida Goatweed, or Portia - Portia treePortia treeThespesia populnea, commonly known as the Portia Tree , is species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is a small tree or arborescent shrub that has a pantropical distribution, found on coasts around the world. However, the Portia Tree is probably native only to the Old World,...
, a plant native to Polynesia - Ctt. Portia, an orchid CattliantheCattliantheCattlianthe J.M.H. Shaw , abbreviated Ctt. in the horticultural trade, is the orchid nothogenus for intergeneric hybrid greges containing at least one ancestor species from each of the two ancestral genera Cattleya Lindl. and Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins , and from no other genera....
Fictional characters
- Portia Quayne, the protagonist in The Death of the HeartThe Death of the HeartThe Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen set between the two world wars. It is about a sixteen year old orphan, Portia Quayne, who moves to London to live with her half-brother Thomas and falls in love with Eddie, a friend of her sister-in-law.-Plot summary:At the beginning of the...
by Elizabeth Bowen - Portia (Merchant of Venice)Portia (Merchant of Venice)Portia is the heroine of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A rich, beautiful, and intelligent heiress, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose between three caskets composed of gold, silver and lead...
, a character in William Shakespeare's play Merchant of Venice - Portia Gibbons, character on The Mighty B!
- Portia, a minor character in The Hunger GamesThe Hunger GamesThe Hunger Games is a first person young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was originally published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic. It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world...
- Portia Leach, The daughter of Archie Leach, in the film: A Fish Called WandaA Fish Called WandaA Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 crime-comedy film written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton. It was directed by Crichton and an uncredited Cleese, and stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. The film is about a jewel heist and its aftermath...
. - Portia Copeland The Heart is a lonely hunterThe Heart Is a Lonely HunterThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is the debut 1940 novel by American author Carson McCullers. Written in Charlotte, North Carolina, in houses on Central Avenue and East Boulevard, it is about a deaf man named John Singer and the people he encounters in a 1930s mill town in the US state of Georgia...
A Character in Carson McCuller's novel "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
People
- Portia Braddock de la Garza, Miami financial consultant,Glamour model & artist
- Portia Catonis, the wife of Roman senator Marcus Junius Brutus and a character in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar
- Portia DawsonPortia DawsonPortia Dawson is an American film and television actress. Her first role was in Vanilla Ice's movie, Cool as Ice. Her most notable television role was a recurring part on the 1990s sitcom Blossom as Anthony's girlfriend Bambi, but she has also had guest spots on shows such as Step By Step, Scrubs,...
, American actress - Portia DeGeneres, formerly Portia de Rossi, Australian-born actress
- Portia Simpson-MillerPortia Simpson-MillerPortia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP is Jamaica's Leader of the Opposition and was the country's seventh Prime Minister from 30 March 2006 to 11 September 2007...
, political leader of Jamaica's People's National Party and former Prime Minister of Jamaica - Portia WhitePortia WhitePortia May White , was a singer who achieved international fame because of her voice and stage presence. As a Black Canadian, her popularity helped to open previously closed doors for talented blacks who followed....
, Canadian singer - Portia Knobloch, Australia
Other
- Portia (moon)Portia (moon)Portia is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 1. The moon is named after Portia, the heroine of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice...
, a moon of Uranus - HMS PortiaHMS PortiaTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed: was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817....
, several ships of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom - PORTIAPortia-Biology:*Portia , a genus of jumping spiders*Anaea troglodyta, a brush-footed butterfly commonly known as the Florida Leafwing, Florida Goatweed, or Portia*Portia tree, a plant native to Polynesia*Ctt...
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