Definitions for portolanos

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portolanos por·to·la·no

Spelling: [pawr-tl-ah-noh, pohr-]

IPA: /ˌpɔr tlˈɑ noʊ, ˌpoʊr-/

Portolanos is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in portolanos (alnoooprst).

Definitions for portolanos

noun

1. a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.

Origin of portolanos

1855-60; Italian: shipmaster's guidebook; earlier, harbor master Medieval Latin portulānus. See port¹, -ule, -an

Examples for portolanos

A sea-chart—probably a portolano—is mentioned as early as the account of the Crusade of St. Louis, in 1270.