: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
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Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Icon will homeport in Miami with its first sailing in January 2024.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2024
The sub later left the Middle East and returned to its home port in Kings Bay, Georgia, in July after a 727-day deployment.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
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Verb
The ship will homeport in Singapore and mark its first to sail in Southeast Asia.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Icon will homeport in Miami with its first sailing in January 2024.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
Noun
Where Queen Anne Sails For the time being, Southampton, England, is Queen Anne's home port.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2024
The sub later left the Middle East and returned to its home port in Kings Bay, Georgia, in July after a 727-day deployment.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Homeport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeport. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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