Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A harbor or town having facilities for seagoing ships.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A port or harbor on the sea.
- noun A city or town situated on a harbor, on or near the sea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
town orharbour withfacilities forseagoing ships todock and take on or dischargecargo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because of these efforts, the Haiti's main seaport is even poised to reopen in a couple of days.
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Haiti's main seaport is severely damaged, and its largest airport is too small to accommodate the onslaught of international aid shipments heading into the country.
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Because of these efforts, the Haiti's main seaport is even poised to reopen in a couple of days.
It's Time to Reevaluate Our Haiti Policy (Blog for Democracy) 2010
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It was an important seaport for the Mayans when the Spanish arrived, but now the seaport is a beautiful sandy cove under the shadow of the castillo (Mayan castle), where tourists swim and sun.
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It was an important seaport for the Mayans when the Spanish arrived, but now the seaport is a beautiful sandy cove under the shadow of the castillo (Mayan castle), where tourists swim and sun.
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It was an important seaport for the Mayans when the Spanish arrived, but now the seaport is a beautiful sandy cove under the shadow of the castillo (Mayan castle), where tourists swim and sun.
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We are at an expats house and he brought back Cheese from Doula, the biggest city and main seaport for Cameroon.
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The point of the PI story is very well-taken: some people benefit greatly from the Port, while a lot of people don't have much to show for their $100 or so "investment" each year in seaport operations, including subsidizing cruise passengers, cargo imports, and other maritime customers.
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He probably went first to Caesarea, the main seaport, and thence by sea to Tarsus of
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PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lou, a senior defense official tells CNN that that consideration of using helicopters to rescue Americans would happen only if the Americans could not move over land to the seaport, which is the preferred option to get all the Americans out of Lebanon.
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