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por⋅to⋅la⋅no

  [pawr-tl-ah-noh, pohr-]
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–noun, plural -nos, -ni  [-nee] .
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.
Also called rutter.

Origin:
1855–60; < It: shipmaster's guidebook; earlier, harbor master < ML portulānus. See port 1 , -ule, -an
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