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portolano

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

noun

plural portolanos, portolani
  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.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of portolano1

1855–60; < Italian: shipmaster's guidebook; earlier, harbor master < Medieval Latin ±èŽÇ°ù³Ù³Ü±ôÄå²Ô³Ü²õ. See port 1, -ule, -an
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Just a few years ago, few criticized him for behavior that they now don’t dare defend in public, including forcibly kissing women on the mouth on television and, in front of a studio audience in 2016, lifting the skirt of a female journalist — Marie Portolano, the producer of the documentary.

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The director of the documentary, sports journalist Marie Portolano, said the film was intended to denounce a “way of thinking” in the wake of the #MeToo and other feminist movements.

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Photographer Brice Portolano documented Ayal as he waits to depart, splitting his time between school, his computer, and on solitary walks through the frosty landscape of his village.

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In a statement, head of mission Major-General Luciano Portolano urged both sides "to exercise utmost restraint against any provocation."

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Tommaso Foco of Portolano Cavallo, an Italian law firm, says that bankruptcy is still a source of shame in Italy, so that by the time entrepreneurs admit they are struggling it is often too late to save the company.

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