Meaning

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

    Hafenstadt

    портport, порто́вый го́родportóvyj górod

Examples

7 sentences
  1. He lives in a port city.

    ruОн живёт в портовом городе. — Wezel

    deEr wohnt in einer Hafenstadt. — MUIRIEL

  2. Algiers is an important port city.

  3. Kobe is famous as a port city.

    ruКобе известен как портовый город. — marafon

  4. Nagasaki, where I was born, is a beautiful port city.

    ruГород Нагасаки, в котором я родился, - это красивый портовый город. — odexed

    deNagasaki, wo ich geboren wurde, ist eine schöne Hafenstadt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Kaohsiung is Taiwan's largest port city.

    ruГаосюн — крупнейший портовый город Тайваня. — Wezel

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
city built around a port:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
city built around a port:

Forms

plural: port cities
Singularport city
Pluralport cities

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
port city — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto