Höga porten
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Defininte form of hög (“high”) + port (“door, doorway, entrance”), used in Swedish at least since 1708. Ultimately a calque of باب عالی (Babıali).
Proper noun
- the Sublime Porte, the High Porte, the Ottoman imperial government
References
- port in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Porten in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1915)