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TRANSSHIPMENT CENTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
Example:
Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC
Synonyms:
entrepot; transshipment center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("transshipment center" is a kind of...):
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)