"port city" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: port cities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} port city (plural port cities)
  1. A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (city built around a port): hawestad (Afrikaans), նավահանգիստ (navahangist) (Armenian), порт (port) [masculine] (Belarusian), партовы горад (partóvy hórad) [masculine] (Belarusian), port [masculine] (Catalan), 港市 (gǎngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), přístav [masculine] (Czech), přístavní město [neuter] (Czech), havneby [common-gender] (Danish), havenstad [feminine] (Dutch), sadamalinn (Estonian), satamakaupunki (Finnish), satama (Finnish), port [masculine] (French), ville portuaire [feminine] (French), porto [masculine] (Galician), Hafenstadt [feminine] (German), λιμάνι (limáni) [neuter] (Greek), עִיר נָמֵל [feminine] (Hebrew), kikötőváros (Hungarian), hafnarborg [feminine] (Icelandic), portuo (Ido), città portuale [feminine] (Italian), ostas pilsēta [feminine] (Latvian), uostamiestis [masculine] (Lithuanian), havneby [masculine] (Norwegian), hamneby [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), miasto portowe [neuter] (Polish), porto [masculine] (Portuguese), cidade portuária [feminine] (Portuguese), port [neuter] (Romanian), порт (port) [masculine] (Russian), порто́вый го́род (portóvyj górod) [masculine] (Russian), port [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), лука [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), luka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), puerto [masculine] (Spanish), ciudad portuaria [feminine] (Spanish), bandari (Swahili), hamnstad [common-gender] (Swedish), liman kenti (Turkish), şehri (Turkish), האַוונשטאָט (havnshtot) [feminine] (Yiddish), האַפֿנשטאָט (hafnshtot) [feminine] (Yiddish), פּאָרטשטאָט (portshtot) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "word": "kikötőváros"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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        },
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "portóvyj górod",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "puerto"
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "word": "bandari"
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "word": "hamnstad"
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          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "word": "liman kenti"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "word": "şehri"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "havnshtot",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "האַוונשטאָט"
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          "roman": "hafnshtot",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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          "word": "האַפֿנשטאָט"
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          "roman": "portshtot",
          "sense": "city built around a port",
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      "sense": "city built around a port",
      "word": "hawestad"
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      "sense": "city built around a port",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "city built around a port",
      "word": "liman kenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "city built around a port",
      "word": "şehri"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "havnshtot",
      "sense": "city built around a port",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "האַוונשטאָט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hafnshtot",
      "sense": "city built around a port",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "האַפֿנשטאָט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "portshtot",
      "sense": "city built around a port",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פּאָרטשטאָט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "port city"
}

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