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custom house

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

A suburban area in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the custom house at Royal Victoria Dock (OS grid ref TQ4181).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: customs

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: doeane — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Albanian: doganë — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Amharic: ጉምሩክ (gumruk) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Arabic: جُمْرُك (jumruk) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Arabic: مَصْلَحَةُ الْجَمَارِك (maṣlaḥatu l-jamārik) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Arabic: مَكْتَب جُمْرُكِيّ (maktab jumrukiyy) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Arabic: جمرك (gumruk) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Armenian: մաքսատուն (makʻsatun) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Azerbaijani: gömrük — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Azerbaijani: gömrükxana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Basque: aduana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Belarusian: мы́тня (mýtnja) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Belarusian: мы́тнiца (mýtnica) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Belarusian: тамо́жня (tamóžnja) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Bengali: কাস্টম হাউস (kasṭom haus) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Bulgarian: ми́тница (mítnica) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Burmese: အကောက်ဆိပ် (a.kaukhcip) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Catalan: duana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 海關 /海关 (hoi2 gwaan1) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 稅關 /税关 (seoi3 gwaan1) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Chinese: 海關 /海关 (zh-min-nan) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海關 /海关 (hǎiguān) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稅關 /税关 (shuìguān) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Crimean Tatar: gümrükhane — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Czech: celnice — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Danish: told — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Danish: toldsted — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Dutch: douane — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Dutch: douanekantoor — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Esperanto: doganejo — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Estonian: tolliamet — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Estonian: toll — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Finnish: tulli — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Finnish: tulliasema — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Finnish: tullilaitos — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • French: douane — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • French: bureau des douanes — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Galician: alfándega — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Galician: aduana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Georgian: საბაჟო (sabažo) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • German: Zoll — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • German: Zollamt — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • German: Zollhaus — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • German: Zollverwaltung — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Greek: τελωνειακός σταθμός (teloneiakós stathmós) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Greek: τελωνείο (teloneío) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Ancient Greek: τελωνεῖον (telōneîon) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Ancient Greek: τελώνῐον (telṓnĭon) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Hebrew: מֶכֶס (mékhes) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Hindi: कस्टम्स (kasṭams) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Hindi: कस्टम-हाउस (kasṭam-hāus) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Hungarian: vámhivatal — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Icelandic: tollgæsla — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Indonesian: kantor pabean — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Ingrian: tamožnoi — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Irish: teach custaim — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Italian: dogana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Italian: dazio — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Japanese: 税関 (zeikan) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Japanese: カスタム (kasutamu) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Japanese: カスタムス (kasutamusu) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Japanese: カスタムズ (kasutamuzu) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Japanese: カスタムハウス (kasutamuhausu) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Kazakh: кеден (keden) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Khmer: គយដាន (kɔɔy daan) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Khmer: ដាន (daan) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Khmer: គយ (kɔɔy) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Korean: 세관 (segwan) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Central Kurdish: گوومِرگ (gûmirg) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Northern Kurdish: gumrik — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Northern Kurdish: gumrok — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Northern Kurdish: gumirk — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Kyrgyz: таможня (tamojnya) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Kyrgyz: бажыкана (bajıkana) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Lao: ທໍານຽມ (tham nīam) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Lao: ສຸລະກະສະຖານ (su la ka sa thān) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Lao: ດ່ານ (dān) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Latin: telōnium — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Latin: telōnēum — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Latin: portitōrium — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Latvian: muita — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Latvian: muitnīca — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Lithuanian: muitinė — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Macedonian: царина (carina) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Malay: kastam — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Malay: bea — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Malay: duane — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Māori: whare katimauhe — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Mongolian: гааль (gaalʹ) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Mongolian: гаалийн газар (gaaliin gazar) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Norman: douanne — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tollbod — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tollhus — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Occitan: doana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Pannonian Rusyn: царина (carina) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Pashto: ګمرک (gomrək) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Pashto: ګمرک ځای (gomrək źāy) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Dari: گُمْرُک (gumruk) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Iranian Persian: گُمْرُک (gomrok) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Iranian Persian: اِدارِهٔ گُمْرُک (edâre-ye gomrok) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Iranian Persian: گُمْرُکْخانِه (gomrokxâne) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Polish: urząd celny — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Portuguese: alfândega — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Portuguese: aduana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Romanian: vamă — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Russian: тамо́жня (tamóžnja) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̏рина — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȁrina — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Slovak: colnica — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Slovene: carina — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Spanish: aduana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Spanish: fielato — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Swahili: jengo la forodha — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Swedish: tullstation — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Swedish: tull — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Swedish: tullhus — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Swedish: tullställe — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Tajik: гумрук (gumruk) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Tajik: гумрукхона (gumrukxona) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Tatar: таможня (tamojnya) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Thai: ด่านศุลกากร (dàan sǔn-lá-gaa-gɔɔn) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Thai: ด่าน (dàan) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Turkish: gümrük — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمرك (gümrük) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Turkmen: gümrük — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Turkmen: gümrükhana — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Ukrainian: ми́тниця (mýtnycja) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Ukrainian: тамо́жня (tamóžnja) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Urdu: کَسْٹَم ہاؤُس (kasṭam hāus) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Urdu: گُمْرُک خانَہ (gumruk xāna) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Urdu: گُمْرُک (gumruk) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Uyghur: تاموژنا (tamozhna) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Uyghur: تامۇجنا (tamujna) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Uyghur: تاموجنا (tamojna) — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Uzbek: bojxona — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Uzbek: gumrukxona — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Uzbek: tamojnya — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Vietnamese: hải quan — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Vietnamese: thuế quan — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Welsh: tollfa — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
  • Welsh: tollty — official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit