port-town

Encouraging more foreign cruise ships to stop in Greece, for example, could eventually buoy hotels, restaurants and port-town economies.

The Word on IMF's Task in Greece: Herculean 2010

But perhaps the under-looked treasure of the area is Puno itself, a port-town, with hardly any tourists at all, but many animated shops on narrow streets radiating from the Plaza de Armas square.

Karin Luisa: Meeting a Shaman on Lake Titicaca 2009

And that is how a tiny port-town like Pondy became world famous.

Sri Aurobindo is not a mere Hindu revivalist Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

And that is how a tiny port-town like Pondy became world famous.

Archive 2006-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

There are many of those houses in every port-town.

The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon 2004

From hence we went to Lynn, another rich and populous thriving port-town.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

This is the only good approach to the secure and spacious bay that bore the southernmost Nabathæan port-town: there are northern and north-western passages, but both require skilful pilots; and every other adit, though apparently open, is sealed by reefs and shoals.

The Land of Midian 2003

From hence we went to Lynn, another rich and populous thriving port-town.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

The first port-town upon every river shall be in a colony, and be a port-town for ever.

An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt

But towards evening it was known throughout the army that the Princes were safe, that the port-town had been gained, and that the Moors were slipping away from the citadel.

Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911