"port of call" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ports of call [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ports of call}} port of call (plural ports of call)
  1. (nautical) any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies Categories (topical): Nautical, Ports and harbours Derived forms: first port of call Translations (any port being visited by a ship): aanloophaven [feminine] (Dutch), vahesadam (Estonian), määräsatama (Finnish), escale [feminine] (French), נְמַל פְּקִידָה (nemal pkida) [masculine] (Hebrew), eskalo (Ido), scalo [masculine] (Italian), anløpshavn [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), port pośredni [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-port_of_call-en-noun-K7ljVsnQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'any port being visited by a ship': 86 14
  2. (figuratively) A place visited. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-port_of_call-en-noun-qwi7MPOy

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