portia
nounHow to pronounce portia:
Definition of portia:
- portia (noun):
- the heroine in shakespeare's the merchant of venice
Synonyms for portia:
circumstances
component
component part
constituent
destiny
dower
dowery
dowry
fate
fortune
helping
lot
luck
parcel
part
percentage
portion
serving
share
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- porridge
- Colin
- Ainsley
- abound
- Sacha
- garland
- teeming
- readied
- haikus
- displease
- amine
- Zeshawn
- Kamal
- hot-dog
- Trevor
- toothbrush
- sticking
- sketchy
- rubbing
- Lambus
- impede
- voted
- router
- maguire
- Laibah
- Freddy
- daymare
- amar
- enslave
- cuddled
- cruelly
- canon
- Teagan
- Sheena
- Nisha
- Malak
- itself
- attics
- aly
- tyrant
- timely
- thribble
- spumous
- splendor
- nougat
- humane
- Gerard
- future
- espouse
- badchan
- … more
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