John Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (nee NÃ©e Helen Cecilia) burke And Salvatore. Travolta his father was Of italian descent and his mother was Of irish. ancestry
â¢ PORTICO (noun). The noun PORTICO has 1 sense: 1. a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area. Familiarity information: PORTICO used as a noun is very rare.
pillar. 1  a long, slender, vertical structure used to support a superstructure; column. 2  such a column standing alone as a monument. 3  anything like a pillar in form or function, as a formation of ore left standing as a support in a mine. 4  a person who is a main support of an institution, movement, etc.