English > port: 14 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country. |
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| Instances | Aalborg, Alborg | A city and port in northern Jutland |
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| Abadan | A port city in southwestern Iran |
| Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez | A port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico |
| Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho | A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean |
| Aden | An important port of Yemen |
| Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia | A seaport on the western coast of Syria |
| Alexandria, El Iskandriyah | The chief port of Egypt |
| Algiers, Algerian capital | An ancient port on the Mediterranean |
| Alpena | A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron |
| Annaba | A port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border |
| Antalya, Adalia | A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya |
| Antofagasta | A port city on the Pacific in northern Chile |
| Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers | A busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river |
| Arhus, Aarhus | port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland |
| Asuncion, capital of Paraguay | The capital and chief port of Paraguay |
| Auckland | The largest city and principal port of New Zealand |
| Ayr | A port in southwestern Scotland |
| Bahia Blanca | A port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean |
| Baku, capital of Azerbaijan | A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production |
| Baltimore | The largest city in Maryland |
| Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Krung Thep | The capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand |
| Banjul, capital of Gambia | A port city and capital of Gambia |
| Barcelona | A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean |
| Barranquilla | A port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River |
| Basra, Basia | The second largest city in Iraq |
| Beira | A port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel |
| Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem | port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta |
| Benghazi | port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra |
| Bergen | A port city in southwestern Norway |
| Bordeaux | A port city in southwestern France |
| Bremerhaven | A port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea |
| Brest | A port city in northwestern France (in Brittany) |
| Bridgeport | A port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound |
| Bridgetown, capital of Barbados | Capital of Barbados |
| Brindisi | A port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy |
| Bristol | An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon |
| Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina | Capital and largest city of Argentina |
| Cadiz | An ancient port city in southwestern Spain |
| Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt | The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa |
| Calais | A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England |
| Cannes | A port and resort city on the French Riviera |
| Cape Town | port city in southwestern South Africa |
| Cartagena | A port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean |
| Cartagena | A port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean |
| Casablanca | A port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco |
| Castries | A port on the island of Saint Lucia |
| Charleston | A port city in southeastern South Carolina |
| Cherbourg | A port town in northwestern France on the English Channel |
| Chicago, Windy City | largest city in Illinois |
| Chittagong | A port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal |
| Ciudad Bolivar | A port in eastern Venezuela on the Orinoco river |
| Colon, Aspinwall | A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal |
| Conakry, Konakri, capital of Guinea | A port and the capital of Guinea |
| Corinth, Korinthos | The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens |
| Cork | A port city in southern Ireland |
| Cotonou | Chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin |
| Cumana | A port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea |
| Dakar, capital of Senegal | The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal |
| Dalian, Talien, Dairen | A port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula |
| Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania | The capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean |
| Detroit, Motor City, Motown | The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port |
| Djibouti, capital of Djibouti | port city on the Gulf of Aden |
| Dneprodzerzhinsk | port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River |
| Doha, Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar | The capital and chief port of Qatar |
| Dubai | port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf |
| Dublin, Irish capital, capital of Ireland | Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic |
| Dubrovnik, Ragusa | A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic |
| Duluth | A city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior |
| Dunkirk, Dunkerque | A seaport in northern France on the North Sea |
| Durban | A port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean |
| Durres, Durazzo | port city in western Albania on the Adriatic |
| Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone | port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone |
| Galway | A port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay |
| Gdansk, Danzig | A port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea |
| Gent, Gand, Ghent | port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center |
| Georgetown, Stabroek | port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana |
| Glasgow | largest city in Scotland |
| Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg | A port in southwestern Sweden |
| Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton | A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China |
| Haiphong | A port city in northern Vietnam |
| Hamburg | A port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany |
| Hamilton | A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario |
| Hannover, Hanover | A port city in northwestern Germany |
| Hefa, Haifa | A major port in northwestern Israel |
| Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital of Finland, Finnish capital | The capital and largest city of Finland |
| Hiroshima | A port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan |
| Hobart | A port and state capital of Tasmania |
| Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah | An important port in Yemen on the Red Sea |
| Hong Kong | formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province |
| Honolulu, capital of Hawaii, Hawaiian capital | The capital and largest city of Hawaii |
| Houston | The largest city in Texas |
| Hull, Kingston-upon Hull | A large fishing port in northeastern England |
| Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo | A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea |
| Izmir, Smyrna | A port city in western Turkey |
| Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo | A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean |
| Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda | port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea |
| Kisumu | A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria |
| Kobe | A port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu |
| La Spezia | A port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea |
| Lagos | Chief port and economic center of Nigeria |
| Le Havre | A port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine |
| Limerick | port city in southwestern Ireland |
| Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal | Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal |
| Liverpool | A large city in northwestern England |
| Lobito | A seaport on the Atlantic coast of Angola |
| Luanda, Angolan capital | port city on Atlantic coast |
| Lushun, Port Arthur | A major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula |
| Malaga | A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean |
| Malmo | A port in southern Sweden |
| Maracaibo | A port city in northwestern Venezuela |
| Mariehamn, Maarianhamina | A town that is the chief port of the Aland islands |
| Marseille, Marseilles | A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean |
| Massawa | A port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea |
| Mazatlan | A port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean |
| Messina | A port city in northeastern Sicily / Sicily on the Strait of Messina |
| Mobile | A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay |
| Mogadishu, Mogadiscio, capital of Somalia | The capital and largest city of Somalia |
| Mombasa | A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean |
| Monrovia, Liberian capital, capital of Liberia | The capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia |
| Montego Bay | port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica |
| Moulmein, Mawlamyine | A port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban |
| Mukalla, Al-Mukalla | A port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden |
| Murmansk | A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula |
| Muscat, Masqat, capital of Oman | A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman |
| Nagasaki | A city in southern Japan on Kyushu |
| Nantes | A port city in western France on the Loire estuary |
| Naples, Napoli | A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy |
| Natal | A port city in northeastern Brazil |
| Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne |
| Newport | A port city in southeastern Wales |
| Newport News | A port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads |
| Norfolk | port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay |
| Oakland | A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco |
| Odessa, Odesa | A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea |
| Oran | A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city |
| Osaka | port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay |
| Oslo, Christiania, capital of Norway | The capital and largest city of Norway |
| Pago Pago, Pango Pango | A port in American Samoa |
| Palermo | The capital of Sicily |
| Paramaribo, capital of Suriname | The capital and largest city and major port of Surinam |
| Patras, Patrai | A port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea |
| Port Louis | Capital and chief port of Mauritius |
| Port Sudan | port city in Sudan on the Red Sea |
| Porto, Oporto | port city in northwest Portugal |
| Portsmouth | A port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean |
| Portsmouth, Pompey | A port city in southern England on the English Channel |
| Portsmouth | A port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk |
| Pusan | A city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait |
| Recife, Pernambuco | A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic |
| Reykjavik, capital of Iceland | The capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland |
| Riga, capital of Latvia | A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia |
| Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu | A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia |
| Saint John, St. John | A port in eastern Canada |
| Saint John's, St. John's | A port and provincial capital of Newfoundland |
| Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West | The largest city in Missouri |
| Santiago de Cuba, Santiago | A port city in southeastern Cuba |
| Santos | A port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo |
| Savannah | A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river |
| Semarang, Samarang | A port city is southern Indonesia |
| Setubal | A port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon |
| Sevilla, Seville | A city in southwestern Spain |
| Shanghai | The largest city of China |
| Sousse, Susa, Susah | A port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean |
| Stavanger | A port city in southwestern Norway |
| Sunderland | A port and industrial city in northeastern England |
| Sur, Tyre | A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea |
| Swansea | A port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel |
| Tallinn, Tallin, capital of Estonia | A port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia |
| Tampico | A port city in eastern Mexico |
| Tanga | A port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean |
| Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous | A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea |
| Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica | A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea |
| Thunder Bay | A port city in Ontario on Lake Superior |
| Toulon | A port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast |
| Trondheim, Nidaros | A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord |
| Tunis, capital of Tunisia | The capital and principal port of Tunisia |
| Valdez | A port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world |
| Valparaiso | The chief port and second largest city of Chile |
| Vancouver | A port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island |
| Varna | A port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea |
| Veracruz | A major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz |
| Victoria | Capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island |
| Victoria, capital of Seychelles | port city and the capital of Seychelles |
| Waterford | A port city in southern Ireland |
| Yokohama | port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan |
| Narrower | entrepot, transshipment center | A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties |
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| free port | A port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels |
| home port | The port from which a ship originates of where it is registered |
| outport | A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade) |
| port of entry, point of entry | A port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise |
| seaport, haven, harbor, harbour | A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo |
| treaty port | A port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty |
| Broader | geographic point, geographical point | A point on the surface of the Earth |
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| Spanish | puerto |
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| Catalan | port |
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| Verbs | port | land at or reach a port |
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| port | bring to port |
