I need this for a limerick. Online rhyming dictionaries don’t seem to offer proper nouns.
Any ideas?
Lahore(t)?
Hyannis Port?
Newport
You might try the name of some fort. Usually the Fort part comes first, but poetic syntax can alter that. But I can’t think of anything specific that would fit “support” well.
Agincourt?
Beaufort.
(Actually, the T is dropped, but they don’t have to know that).
Hampton Court?
Support has its accent on the last syllable, so most two-syllable -port names with the accent on the first syllable, like Newport, Bridgeport, etc., don’t rhyme well. It sounds a bit better to my ear if it’s a three-syllable name with a secondary accent on the last syllable: Davenport, Hammondsport, Williamsport, Newburyport (locally pronounced New-bree-port), etc.
La Porte.
Near Houston. Site of the Battle of San Jacinto. Now the site of many petrochemical plants. More here.
Thanks for the ideas. Although many might be feasible for meter and rhyme none quite fit what I wanted to do. I ended up changing some words around for a different rhyme.
Great, now I know three ways to pronounce that name.
Bow-Fort?
Bow-Fore?
Bew-Furt?
Davenport?
Rockport
Newport
Don’t forget, this is (or was, since the OP updated with changes) a limerick. If it rhymes with “support,” the city/country name must be at the end of a line, and most of the words suggested don’t/can’t take the accent on the last syllable. “La Porte” is the only one I see so far that could actually be used with the right accent.
Abort!
Shreveport
Frankfort
Concord