Meanings
proper noun
- A city and port in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, officially now named Gqeberha.
Growing up in the township of Zwide, just outside Port Elizabeth, bed for Kolisi was a pile of cushions on the living-room floor and finding enough to eat was a daily struggle.
2020 April 28, Christina Macfarlane, “‘There is nothing worse than hunger,’ says South Africa hero Siya Kolisi of helping townships during lockdown”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025 - A census-designated place in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.
- A port or bay on Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada.
- A resettled community in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Origin
In South Africa, named by Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin after his late wife, Elizabeth.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Port Elizabeth
- Port Elizabethport of Eastern Cape
Chinese Mandarin 伊丽莎白港, 伊莉莎白港
- 伊丽莎白港 (Yīlìshābáigǎng)port of Eastern Cape
- 伊莉莎白港 (Yīlìshābáigǎng)port of Eastern Cape
French Port Elizabeth
- Port Elizabethport of Eastern Cape
Russian Порт-Эли́забет
- Порт-Эли́забет (Port-Elízabɛt)port of Eastern Cape
Cite this entry
APA
Port Elizabeth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Port%20Elizabeth
MLA
“Port Elizabeth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Port%20Elizabeth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Port Elizabeth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Port%20Elizabeth.
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