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seaport

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

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

a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haven, harbor, harbour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: port

Narrower terms: coaling station, port of call, Caesarea, Pearl Harbor, Boston Harbor

History

Etymology

From sea + port.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 海港 (hǎigǎng) — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Dutch: zeehaven — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Esperanto: marhaveno — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Finnish: merisatama — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • German: Seehafen — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • German: Hafenstadt — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • German: Binnenseehafen — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπίνειον (epíneion) — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Hebrew: עִיר נָמֵל (ir namel) — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Icelandic: sjóhöfn — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Ido: portuo — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Ingrian: meriportta — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havneby — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hamneby — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Polish: port morski — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Polish: miasto portowe — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Portuguese: porto marítimo — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Russian: морско́й порт (morskój port) — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Russian: порто́вый го́род (portóvyj górod) — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Scottish Gaelic: longphort — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Serbo-Croatian: morska luka — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Vietnamese: hải cảng — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Volapük: melapof — town or harbour for seagoing ships
  • Volapük: pofazif — town or harbour for seagoing ships
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