: a port, harbor, or town accessible to seagoing ships
Examples of seaport in a Sentence
Boston is a major seaport in the northeastern U.S.
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There is confusion about whether the foreign cops being deployed to Haiti will be involved in combating gangs, or tasked solely with protecting key government infrastructures such as the airport, seaport, the presidential palace and main roads.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
The main airport is in Bari, the region’s capital and a major seaport.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2024
The gangs have managed to develop a network of supply lines stretching beyond the country’s seaports to other entry points and regions of Haiti.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
Dundalk Dundalk was named in the late 1800s by William McShane, who, when asked for a name for the railroad depot serving his family’s foundry — which is still famous for its bells but relocated to Missouri — adopted that of the northeastern Ireland seaport his father emigrated from in 1847.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
The main airport is in Bari, the region’s capital and a major seaport.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2024
The gangs have managed to develop a network of supply lines stretching beyond the country’s seaports to other entry points and regions of Haiti.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
Dundalk Dundalk was named in the late 1800s by William McShane, who, when asked for a name for the railroad depot serving his family’s foundry — which is still famous for its bells but relocated to Missouri — adopted that of the northeastern Ireland seaport his father emigrated from in 1847.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaport. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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seaport
noun
sea·port
-ˌpō(ə)rt 
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
: a port, harbor, or town within reach of seagoing ships
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