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port

Pronunciation: /port/

“port” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a port, a haven (a harbor or harbor-town)
  2. a town, particularly one with special trading privileges
  3. portal (a door or gate; an entrance)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour, port, haven, warehouse”).

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