Portage vs Weir

Portage

name
  • A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

  • A town in Livingston County, New York. 

  • A ghost town and former settlement in Alaska, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1964. 

  • A home rule borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. 

  • A city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana. 

  • A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada. 

  • A village in Wood County, Ohio. 

  • A city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 

  • A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin. 

  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Portage Township. 

  • A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, named after Portage County in Ohio. 

Weir

name
  • An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. 

  • An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. 

  • An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia. 

  • A town in Choctaw County, Mississippi. 

  • A surname. 

  • A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India. 

  • A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas. 

  • A minor city in Williamson County, Texas. 

  • A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8725). 

How often have the words Portage and Weir occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )