Port and Town

Port

Port noun - A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships.

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Town and port are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Town" instead a noun "Port".

Nearby Words: portage, porter, ported, porte, porting

Town noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.

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Port and town are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Port" instead a noun "Town".

Nearby Words: township, townsman

old	old port	old town
full	full port	full town
original	original port	original town
friendly	friendly port	friendly town
Other adjectives: single, small, actual, entire, large, main, major, abandoned, next, last, different, thriving, nearby, western, nearest.

Foreshadowing: Throughout the series' run several characters from America and Europe wind up coming across their patch of jungle and begin making a sort of shanty town and port.

Source: Western Animation / The Legend of Tarzan
When you move from town to town, you're always going somewhere bigger, ending in a major port and city.

Source: Video Game / Oddworld aka: Oddworld Strangers Wrath
Ironic Name: The show is called Port Charles, after the town it's set in, when most of the action takes place in the hospital and focuses on the doctors and nurses working there.

Source: Series / Port Charles

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