9 other places called Portsmouth around the world including in America, the Caribbean and Canada

Portsmouth is a city in southern Ohio, USA on the north bank of the Ohio river.

There are plenty of things that make Portsmouth unique, from the Spinnaker Tower to calling someone a ‘dinlo’ – but the city isn’t one of a kind.

There are several other Portsmouths across the globe, in locations as far afield as the Caribbean and the North of England. But can any of them rival Pompey?

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Here is a list of other villages, towns and cities places which share a name with the UK’s island city. Read on to take a trip around the world in nine Portsmouths:

Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is one of three towns on Aquidneck Island. It was founded by puritan spiritual advisor Anne Hutchinson in 1638.