seaport en · NOUN
Etymology
From sea + port.
Meanings
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A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.
For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.
1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seaports | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (24)
ru порто́вый го́род (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · vo melapof (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · de Hafenstadt (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · sh morska luka (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · vi hải cảng (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · grc ἐπίνειον (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · nn hamneby (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · io portuo (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · he עִיר נָמֵל (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · pl port morski (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · de Seehafen (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · izh meriportta (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · is sjóhöfn (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · gd longphort (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · fi merisatama (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · eo marhaveno (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · cmn 海港 (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · nb havneby (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · pt porto marítimo (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · ru морско́й порт (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · pl miasto portowe (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · nl zeehaven (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · de Binnenseehafen (town or harbour for seagoing ships) · vo pofazif (town or harbour for seagoing ships)