Höga porten

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === Ottomanska porten Porten === 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 === Höga porten c 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)