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port of callnoun1A place where a ship stops on a voyage.It is not confirmed whether Sligo will be a port of call as the ship sails on a day to day basis, depending on weather conditions....- One of the most popular ports of call for Caribbean cruise ships is St. Thomas, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Today it is one of the major ports of call for Caribbean cruise ships where hundreds of passengers are welcomed every week.
1.1Any of a number of places that a person visits in succession: his last port of call that morning was Angela’s lawyer figurative if you’re serious about spreadsheeting, then this package must be your first port of call...- One of my first ports of call after landing in the capital was to the Washington Foreign Press Center, where I vaguely knew a correspondent through a friend of a friend.
- The Pakistani Advice Centre is the first port of call for many of these city residents, acting as a citizens' advice bureau.
- Country hotels are always my first port of call in a strange town.
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