port city

collocation in English

meaningsofportandcity

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port
noun
uk
/pɔːt/us
/pɔːrt/
a town by the sea or by a river that has a harbour, or the ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition ofportandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theportcityhad a population of 892,545 as of the 2005 census.
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Theportcityhad a long history of musical interaction with seafaring players.
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The targets were badly damaged, and fires broke out all over theportcity.
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As aportcity, it was notorious for its gaudy displays of wealth and loose morals.
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Currently, it is the main cricket venue of theportcity.
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The letter also said that if the problems continued they will leave theportcitywith their money.
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If a damaged water-based unit is in aportcity, its strength will be repaired at a rate of one unit of strength per day.
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Arks were built primarily to carry cargo downriver on the spring freshet to carry lumber or logs and agricultural produce to aportcitydownriver.
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It has had an important position in the region as aportcity, making it valuable to a series of conquerors during its early history.
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An activeportcity, it was a stopping point for vessels traveling through the strait, as it had been in the ancient past.
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Through his experiences in theportcityhe decided to become a priest.
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West of theportcitythere is a series of pocket beaches separated by wave-cut headlands as high as 40 m.
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An importantportcity, it is renowned for its olives and olive oil.
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It was the logical decision due to geography, and it would have been very difficult to dislodge them, had they captured that fortifiedportcity.
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This is one of the oldest architectural buildings of theportcity.
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Adorning the landscape of theportcityare the canals that are over a hundred years old.
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A separate attack is claimed to have been stopped in theportcityof zmir when a raid turned up plastic explosives.
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By the first half of the 6th century, the empire had its sights on claiming theportcityfor its own.
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They knew it was perfectly situated as aportcity, a center for collecting and distributing produce.
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She arrived at theportcity23 days later.
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Thus, the whole geography changed, and theportcitysuddenly found itself without a sea to navigate.
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