: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
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Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Silversea is currently the only cruise line with ships that homeport in Puerto Williams during the Antarctica season.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The home ports of Symphony of the Seas are in Miami and New York, according to the Royal Caribbean website.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
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Verb
Silversea is the only cruise line that homeports from Puerto Williams during the Antarctica season.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Silversea is currently the only cruise line with ships that homeport in Puerto Williams during the Antarctica season.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
The Theodore Roosevelt returned to its home port from an overseas deployment in mid-October, U.S. Defense Department photographs showed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The home ports of Symphony of the Seas are in Miami and New York, according to the Royal Caribbean website.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Homeport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeport. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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