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Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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A place visited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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any port where a ship stops except its home port
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
aanloophaven
— any port being visited by a ship
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Estonian:
vahesadam
— any port being visited by a ship
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Finnish:
määräsatama
— any port being visited by a ship
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French:
escale
— any port being visited by a ship
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Hebrew:
נְמַל פְּקִידָה
(nemal pkida)
— any port being visited by a ship
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Ido:
eskalo
— any port being visited by a ship
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Indonesian:
pelabuhan persinggahan
— any port being visited by a ship
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Italian:
scalo
— any port being visited by a ship
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Norwegian Bokmål:
anløpshavn
— any port being visited by a ship
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Polish:
port pośredni
— any port being visited by a ship