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treaty port

noun

Etymology

From treaty + port.

  1. derived from *pértus✻
  2. derived from portus
  3. inherited from port
  4. compounded as treaty port — “treaty + port”

Definitions

  1. a port city that was opened to foreign trade, usually consequent to the ratification of…

    a port city that was opened to foreign trade, usually consequent to the ratification of an unequal treaty

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