Phrase guide

port city

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hawestad — city built around a port
  • Armenian: նավահանգիստ (navahangist) — city built around a port
  • Belarusian: порт (port) — city built around a port
  • Belarusian: партовы горад (partóvy hórad) — city built around a port
  • Catalan: port — city built around a port
  • Chinese Mandarin: 港市 (gǎngshì) — city built around a port
  • Czech: přístav — city built around a port
  • Czech: přístavní město — city built around a port
  • Danish: havneby — city built around a port
  • Dutch: havenstad — city built around a port
  • Estonian: sadamalinn — city built around a port
  • Finnish: satamakaupunki — city built around a port
  • Finnish: satama — city built around a port
  • French: port — city built around a port
  • French: ville portuaire — city built around a port
  • Galician: porto — city built around a port
  • German: Hafenstadt — city built around a port
  • Greek: λιμάνι (limáni) — city built around a port
  • Hebrew: עִיר נָמֵל — city built around a port
  • Hungarian: kikötőváros — city built around a port
  • Icelandic: hafnarborg — city built around a port
  • Ido: portuo — city built around a port
  • Italian: città portuale — city built around a port
  • Latvian: ostas pilsēta — city built around a port
  • Lithuanian: uostamiestis — city built around a port
  • Norwegian: havneby — city built around a port
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hamneby — city built around a port
  • Polish: miasto portowe — city built around a port
  • Portuguese: porto — city built around a port
  • Portuguese: cidade portuária — city built around a port
  • Romanian: port — city built around a port
  • Russian: порт (port) — city built around a port
  • Russian: порто́вый го́род (portóvyj górod) — city built around a port
  • Scottish Gaelic: port — city built around a port
  • Serbo-Croatian: лука — city built around a port
  • Serbo-Croatian: luka — city built around a port
  • Spanish: puerto — city built around a port
  • Spanish: ciudad portuaria — city built around a port
  • Swahili: bandari — city built around a port
  • Swedish: hamnstad — city built around a port
  • Turkish: liman kenti — city built around a port
  • Turkish: şehri — city built around a port
  • Yiddish: האַוונשטאָט (havnshtot) — city built around a port
  • Yiddish: האַפֿנשטאָט (hafnshtot) — city built around a port
  • Yiddish: פּאָרטשטאָט (portshtot) — city built around a port