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Cinque Port

UK/sɪŋk pɔːt/

Cinque Port noun: a city or town that is a member of the Cinque Ports confederation.

Noun

Cinque Port (plural Cinque Ports)

  1. (historical) A city or town that is a member of the Cinque Ports confederation.
    • In the time of Edward I., when the Cinque Ports and their members were required to provide, equip, man, and maintain ships for the King's service, with twenty men to each ship, the quota of New Romney, a principal Cinque Port, was four ships; of Hastings, another Cinque Port, three ships; of Rye...1881 November 5, “The new railway to Lydd”, in The Railway News, London, page 613

Forms of Cinque Port

pluralCinque Ports
alternative formcinque port

Questions about Cinque Port

What does Cinque Port mean?
Cinque Port means a city or town that is a member of the Cinque Ports confederation.
What part of speech is Cinque Port?
Cinque Port is a noun.
How do you pronounce Cinque Port?
Cinque Port is pronounced /sɪŋk pɔːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of Cinque Port?
The plural of Cinque Port is Cinque Ports.

Words near Cinque Port in the dictionary

  1. cinqs
  2. cinquain
  3. cinquains
  4. cinque
  5. cinque buchi
  6. Cinque Port
  7. Cinque Ports
  8. cinque-pace
  9. cinque-paces
  10. Cinquean
  11. Cinquecentism

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