port city

noun

A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

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Meanings

nounport city (plural port cities)

plural port cities

  1. A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
port

Translations

Afrikaans hawestad
  • hawestadcity built around a port
Catalan port
  • portcity built around a port
Chinese Mandarin 港市
  • 港市 (gǎngshì)city built around a port
Czech přístav, přístavní město
  • přístavcity built around a port
  • přístavní městocity built around a port
Danish havneby
  • havnebycity built around a port
Dutch havenstad
  • havenstadcity built around a port
Estonian sadamalinn
  • sadamalinncity built around a port
Finnish satamakaupunki, satama
  • satamakaupunkicity built around a port
  • satamacity built around a port
French port, ville portuaire
  • portcity built around a port
  • ville portuairecity built around a port
German Hafenstadt
  • Hafenstadtcity built around a port
Greek λιμάνι
  • λιμάνι (limáni)city built around a port
Hebrew עִיר נָמֵל
  • עִיר נָמֵלcity built around a port
Hungarian kikötőváros
  • kikötővároscity built around a port
Icelandic hafnarborg
  • hafnarborgcity built around a port
Italian città portuale
  • città portualecity built around a port
Latvian ostas pilsēta
  • ostas pilsētacity built around a port
Lithuanian uostamiestis
  • uostamiestiscity built around a port
Norwegian havneby
  • havnebycity built around a port
Polish miasto portowe
  • miasto portowecity built around a port
Portuguese porto, cidade portuária
  • portocity built around a port
  • cidade portuáriacity built around a port
Romanian port
  • portcity built around a port
Russian порт, порто́вый го́род
  • порт (port)city built around a port
  • порто́вый го́род (portóvyj górod)city built around a port
Scottish Gaelic port
  • portcity built around a port
Spanish puerto, ciudad portuaria
  • puertocity built around a port
  • ciudad portuariacity built around a port
Swahili bandari
  • bandaricity built around a port
Swedish hamnstad
  • hamnstadcity built around a port
Turkish liman kenti, şehri
  • liman kenticity built around a port
  • şehricity built around a port
Yiddish האַוונשטאָט, האַפֿנשטאָט
  • האַוונשטאָט (havnshtot)city built around a port
  • האַפֿנשטאָט (hafnshtot)city built around a port
  • פּאָרטשטאָט (portshtot)city built around a port
Cite this entry
APA

port city. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/port%20city

MLA

“port city.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/port%20city. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “port city,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/port%20city.

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