Portlands of the World.

When most people in the United States say Portland, they are likely referring to one of two cities: Portland, Maine or Portland, Oregon. Even in Michigan, it isn't always obvious which Portland someone is talking about when referring to the name (although they seem like you should intuitively know of which city they are speaking.

Today I decided to type "Portland" into Panoramio and see how many there are in the world. The website happily complied, and informed me that all these countries (and states/provinces) have cities named "Portland" (I've tried to link to Google Maps where possible, but when impossible, I'm using Falling Rain, or Panoramio's link):

• Australia
• New South Wales
• Victoria
  
• Barbados
• Iceland
  
• Ireland
• Guadeloupe
  
• Iceland
• Jamaica
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Limpopo
• West Cape
  
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Connecticut
  
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Michigan
• Missouri
• New York
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Wisconsin

The next time someone asks you if you've been to Portland, ask them which of the thirty-four Portlands around the world they are referring to. (And these don't take into account cities/towns/villages that are called "Portland" in a language other than English.)