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megaport

megaport noun: an extremely large port, especially one that combines support for air, naval, and/or terrestrial travel.

Noun

megaport (plural megaports)

  1. 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?2001, Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, volume 127, page 64
    • They are all border crossings across our borders into the U.S. and I was thinking of these 650 border sites and 100 megaports.2012, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2013, page 193

Forms of megaport

pluralmegaports

Origin of megaport

From mega- + port.

Questions about megaport

What does megaport mean?
Megaport means an extremely large port, especially one that combines support for air, naval, and/or terrestrial travel.
What part of speech is megaport?
Megaport is a noun.
What is the plural of megaport?
The plural of megaport is megaports.

Words near megaport in the dictionary

  1. megapolitics
  2. megapop
  3. megapopular
  4. megapopulation
  5. megapopulations
  6. megaport
  7. megaportal
  8. megaportals
  9. megaports
  10. megapost
  11. megaposts

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