outport

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noun

A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port; it may be a distant one or a nearby auxiliary one.

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Meanings

nounoutport (plural outports)

plural outports

  1. A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port; it may be a distant one or a nearby auxiliary one.

    Outport or provincial contacts like those of Cogan, Vassal, Bidgood, or Samuel Cole were exceptions. To a remarkable extent the first exchanges of goods were carried on between London and Boston. In fact, the bulk of the traffic originated in a few streets of the English capital.

    1955, Bernard Bailyn, The New England Merchants In The Seventeenth Century, Harvard University Press, page 36
  2. NewfoundlandLabradorAny city, town, or village having a port, other than the main port of St. John's.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pértus
  9. Proto-Italic*portus
  10. Latinportus
  11. Old Englishport
  12. Englishport
  13. Englishoutport

From out- + port.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 外港
  • 外港 (wàigǎng)secondary port
Finnish ulkosatama
  • ulkosatamasecondary port
Irish athphort
  • athphortsecondary port
Polish awanport, przedporcie
  • awanportsecondary port
  • przedporciesecondary port
  • przedportsecondary port
Swedish uthamn
  • uthamnsecondary port
Cite this entry
APA

outport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outport

MLA

“outport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outport. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outport.

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