: 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, 10 June 2025
People's Liberation Army Navy CNS Liaoning: Qingdao, Shandong The Liaoning, China's first operational aircraft carrier, was spotted at its home port in Qingdao in China's Shandong province on Thursday, according to satellite imagery.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 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
Meanwhile, the second American aircraft carrier deployed in the western Pacific Ocean, USS George Washington, was spotted departing its home port at Yokosuka naval base near Tokyo, Japan's capital, on Tuesday, according to photos taken by a local ship spotter.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
People's Liberation Army Navy CNS Liaoning: Qingdao, Shandong The Liaoning, China's first operational aircraft carrier, was spotted at its home port in Qingdao in China's Shandong province on Thursday, according to satellite imagery.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Homeport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeport. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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