: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
Silversea is the only cruise line that homeports in Puerto Williams.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 26 Mar. 2025
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
The pop superstar was expected to launch on SpaceShipTwo in 2015 to sing a song as part of the Zero G Colony, a three-day festival planned for Spaceport America in New Mexico, the home port of Virgin Galactic.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Most Americans will have to take a long flight to experience the 6,000-passenger Disney Adventure, which will be the cruise line’s first ship to homeport in Asia.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
Silversea is the only cruise line that homeports in Puerto Williams.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
The Suez Canal serves as a key gateway for the U.S. Navy to deploy its ships to the Middle East from U.S. East Coast home ports, including the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which is currently deployed in the Red Sea.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
The pop superstar was expected to launch on SpaceShipTwo in 2015 to sing a song as part of the Zero G Colony, a three-day festival planned for Spaceport America in New Mexico, the home port of Virgin Galactic.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Homeport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeport. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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