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out⋅port

[out-pawrt, -pohrt]
–noun
1. a secondary seaport close to a larger one but beyond its corporate limits or jurisdiction.
2. Canadian. an isolated fishing village, esp. on the Newfoundland coast.

Origin:
1635–45; out- + port 1
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outport

noun
a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade) 
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