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megaport

noun

Etymology

From mega- + port.

  1. derived from *pértus✻
  2. derived from portus
  3. inherited from port
  4. prefixed as megaport — “mega + port”

Definitions

  1. An extremely large port, especially one that combines support for air, naval, and/or…

    An extremely large port, especially one that combines support for air, naval, and/or terrestrial travel.

    • Given the critical importance of megaports to sea transport, might we witness a rebirth of interest in sea-lane protection, a mission that has in recent years lost ground to the task of projecting naval power ashore?
    • They are all border crossings across our borders into the U.S. and I was thinking of these 650 border sites and 100 megaports.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA