S: (n) port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
S: (n) entrepot, transshipment center (a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties) "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC"
S: (n) free port (a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels)
S: (n) home port (the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered)
S: (n) outport (a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade))
S: (n) port of entry, point of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
S: (n) Lobito (a seaport on the Atlantic coast of Angola)
S: (n) Bahia Blanca (a port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean)
S: (n) Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina (capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center)
S: (n) Varna (a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea)
S: (n) Dalian, Talien, Dairen (a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda)
S: (n) Lushun, Port Arthur (a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda)
S: (n) Shanghai (the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world)
S: (n) Hong Kong (formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers)
S: (n) Barranquilla (a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River)
S: (n) Cartagena (a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean)
S: (n) Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez (a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving))
S: (n) Mazatlan (a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center)
S: (n) Oslo, Christiania, capital of Norway (the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast)
S: (n) Bremerhaven (a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center)
S: (n) Hamburg (a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Hannover, Hanover (a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Massawa (a port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea)
S: (n) Corinth, Korinthos (the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens)
S: (n) Patras, Patrai (a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages)
S: (n) Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950)
S: (n) Naples, Napoli (a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region)
S: (n) Messina (a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina)
S: (n) Brindisi (a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages)
S: (n) La Spezia (a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort)
S: (n) Palermo (the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years)
S: (n) Dubrovnik, Ragusa (a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center)
S: (n) Victoria (capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island)
S: (n) Vancouver (a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city)
S: (n) Hobart (a port and state capital of Tasmania)
S: (n) Chittagong (a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal)
S: (n) Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers (a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460)
S: (n) Gent, Gand, Ghent (port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry)
S: (n) Liverpool (a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports)
S: (n) Bristol (an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon)
S: (n) Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary))
S: (n) Portsmouth, Pompey (a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base)
S: (n) Sunderland (a port and industrial city in northeastern England)
S: (n) Swansea (a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel)
S: (n) Alexandria, El Iskandriyah (the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt)
S: (n) Basra, Basia (the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq)
S: (n) Osaka (port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan)
S: (n) Yokohama (port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan)
S: (n) Kobe (a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995)
S: (n) Hiroshima (a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area)
S: (n) Nagasaki (a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb)
S: (n) Kisumu (a port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center)
S: (n) Mombasa (a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean)
S: (n) Bordeaux (a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade)
S: (n) Brest (a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France)
S: (n) Calais (a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558)
S: (n) Cannes (a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival)
S: (n) Cherbourg (a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base)
S: (n) Dunkirk, Dunkerque (a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II)
S: (n) Le Havre (a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine)
S: (n) Georgetown, Stabroek (port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana) "the city was called Stabroek by the Dutch but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812"
S: (n) Reykjavik, capital of Iceland (the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water)
S: (n) Gdansk, Danzig (a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century)
S: (n) Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal (capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic)
S: (n) Porto, Oporto (port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine)
S: (n) Setubal (a port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon)
S: (n) Cape Town (port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa)
S: (n) Durban (a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center)
S: (n) Murmansk (a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II)
S: (n) Riga, capital of Latvia (a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Dneprodzerzhinsk (port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River)
S: (n) Odessa, Odesa (a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea)
S: (n) Baku, capital of Azerbaijan (a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production)
S: (n) Barcelona (a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs)
S: (n) Cadiz (an ancient port city in southwestern Spain)
S: (n) Cartagena (a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean)
S: (n) Malaga (a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean)
S: (n) Sevilla, Seville (a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain)
S: (n) Tanga (a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean)
S: (n) Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Krung Thep (the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture)
S: (n) Chicago, Windy City (largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan)
S: (n) Baltimore (the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center)
S: (n) Alpena (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron)
S: (n) Detroit, Motor City, Motown (the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor)
S: (n) Duluth (a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior)
S: (n) Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West (the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century)
S: (n) Portsmouth (a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean)
S: (n) Houston (the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
S: (n) Newport News (a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards)
S: (n) Norfolk (port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy)
S: (n) Portsmouth (a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards)
S: (n) Cumana (a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America)
S: (n) Maracaibo (a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center)
S: (n) Haiphong (a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center)
S: (n) Aden (an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times)