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freeport

Syllables: Free·port/ˈfriː.pɔɹt/

freeport is the alternative form of free port.

Meaning of free port

Noun

free port (plural free ports)

  1. A port or other area with relaxed jurisdiction of customs, tax rule or related national regulations.
    • Iris scanners, magnetic locks, and a security system known as Cerberus guard the freeport’s storerooms, whose contents are said to be insured for a hundred billion dollars, but the facility retains a blue-collar feel. […] A freeport offers few tax advantages and scarcely any security features that...2016 January 31, Sam Knight, “The Art-World Insider Who Went Too Far”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2016
    Synonyms:
    entrepôt

Proper noun capitalized: Freeport

Freeport

  1. A city on Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.
  2. A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Synonyms:
    Lower Cove
  3. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
  4. A small city in Walton County, Florida.
  5. A city, the county seat of Stephenson County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Harper County, Kansas.
  8. A town in Cumberland County, Maine.
    • Portland also makes a good base from which to explore the rest of southern coastal Maine, from the shops of Kennebunkport to the sprawling L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport to the charming towns of Bath, Rockland and Camden further up Route 1.2024 June 24, Brandon Griggs, “This coastal culinary hub offers a ‘big-city feel in a small-city package’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024
  9. A village in Barry County, Michigan.
  10. A small city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
  11. A large village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
  12. A village in Harrison County, Ohio.
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  1. A borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  2. A city in Brazoria County, Texas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.

Synonyms of freeport

  • Lower Cove

Forms of freeport

pluralfreeports

Origin of freeport

From free + port, see freeport. The village in Nova Scotia was likely named after the town in Maine.

Words formed from freeport

Questions about freeport

What does freeport mean?
Freeport means a city on Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.
What is freeport the alternative form of?
Freeport is the alternative form of free port.
What part of speech is freeport?
Freeport is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce freeport?
Freeport is pronounced /ˈfriː.pɔɹt/.

Words near freeport in the dictionary

  1. freephone
  2. freephoned
  3. freephones
  4. freephoning
  5. freeping
  6. freeport
  7. freeports
  8. freepost
  9. freeps
  10. freer
  11. freer running

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freeport (page history and authors); Freeport (page history and authors); free port (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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