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According to The Royal Shakespeare Company, this is pronounced [POR-shuh].

The OED has the same, as well as the adjectival form 'Portian' (por'-shun). kwami 2005 June 30 06:58 (UTC)

Origin of Name

According to the article, Portia is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The reference given for this piece of information is a link to the USGS Astrogeology's Gazetteer of planetary names, etc. But on the linked page, it says that Portia is named after the Wife of Brutus in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"! Eroica (talk) 15:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]