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port city

port city noun: a city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

Noun

port city (plural port cities)

  1. A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

port city meaning in Tamil

port city in Tamil

port city, coastal town
பட்டணம் paṭṭaṇam

Forms of port city

pluralport cities

Questions about port city

What does port city mean?
Port city means a city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.
What is port city in Tamil?
Port city in Tamil is பட்டணம் (paṭṭaṇam). See Port city meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is port city?
Port city is a noun.
What is the plural of port city?
The plural of port city is port cities.

Words near port city in the dictionary

  1. Port Chalmers
  2. Port Charlotte
  3. Port Chester
  4. Port Chicago
  5. port cities
  6. port city
  7. Port Clarence
  8. Port Clinton
  9. Port Clyde
  10. Port Coquitlam
  11. Port Costa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: port city (page history and authors); பட்டணம் (Tamil) (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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