outport
noun
out·port
ˈau̇t-ˌpȯrt 
1
chiefly British
: a port other than the main port of a country
2
: a small fishing village especially in Newfoundland
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Its inhabitants were poor, unemployed, and still living, some of them, in outports that could not be reached by road.
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
One of these leviathans, measuring 76 feet long, eventually turned up in the frigid waters of the tiny outport of Rocky Harbour.
—John J. Ross, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2021
My mother, Ethel Francis Rose Leen, grew up in a tiny Newfoundland outport called Jersey Harbor.
—Melody Rowell, National Geographic, 6 May 2016
My mother, Ethel Francis Rose Leen, grew up in a tiny Newfoundland outport called Jersey Harbor.
—Melody Rowell, National Geographic, 6 May 2016
Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
One of these leviathans, measuring 76 feet long, eventually turned up in the frigid waters of the tiny outport of Rocky Harbour.
—John J. Ross, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2021
My mother, Ethel Francis Rose Leen, grew up in a tiny Newfoundland outport called Jersey Harbor.
—Melody Rowell, National Geographic, 6 May 2016
My mother, Ethel Francis Rose Leen, grew up in a tiny Newfoundland outport called Jersey Harbor.
—Melody Rowell, National Geographic, 6 May 2016
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“Outport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outport. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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