Portobello
pronunciation
How to pronounce Portobello in British English:
UK [,pɔːtə'beləʊ]
How to pronounce Portobello in American English:
US
Word Origin
- portobello
- type of mushroom, by 1986, no agreed-upon theory accounts for the name, which seems to be a marketing coinage. London's Portobello Road (one suggested source of the mushroom name) originally was the lane to Porto Bello House, named for the Panamanian place captured by the British under Vernon in 1739.
Example
- 1. An alternative cover for the album featured a fruit and veg stall in london 's portobello road .
- 2. If you lack the time or inclination for this , you can find accessories with a similar vibe at markets like london 's portobello and spitalfields , or stores like anthropologie , oka and zara home .
- 3. Nicola macfarlane , 41 , and daughter lucy , four , from portobello , near edinburgh , were scouring portobello beach when they came across an old glass bottle sticking out of the sand containing a note inside written in mandarin .