English word airport comes from English port, English air
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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port | English (en) | A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on [...] |
air | English (en) | (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.. (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas.. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of [...] |
airport | English (en) | An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals. |