port

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔrt/

“port” is a Polish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

port (a place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers)
port (a town or city containing such a place, a port city)
harbor, haven (place of safety)
port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
port (number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service)
goal, aim (intent of one's actions)
harbor, haven (one who gives a place of safety)
gate (place where one enters)
warehouse
a type of tax
papal estate; Further details are uncertain.

Inherited from Old Polish port. Sense 4 and sense 5 are semantic loans from English port. Doublet of fiord (“fjord”).

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