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harbor: see port port, a natural or artificial harbor and its terminal facilities for the transfer of goods and passengers to or from waterborne means of transport. Port cities are located on oceans, lakes, rivers, and canals in places where access to the hinterland provides a large
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harbour (US), harbor

a sheltered port

harbor [′här·bər]

(geography)

Any body of water of sufficient depth for ships to enter and find shelter from storms or other natural phenomena. Also known as port.

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No references found			A Sag Harbor ship visited his father's bay, and Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context When it had come to within half a mile of the anchorage of the Ithaca, and was about to enter the mouth of the harbor Sing Lee's eyes chanced to fall upon it. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the famous harbor of Athens). Fables by Aesop View in context			Harald Herdal Harald Hoffding Harald Høffding Harald I Harald III Harald III Sigurdsson Harald Ulrik Sverdrup Haralson County Haran Harangozo, Gyula Harangozó, Gyula Harappa Harappan Civilization Harar Harare harassing agent harassing fire Harauge Harax Harbach, Otto Harbin Harbin Ice and Snow Festival harbinger Harbison, John Harbona harbor harbor chart harbor engineering Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge harbor line Harbor Porpoise harbor reach harbor seal Harbor Seal, Pacific Harbors and ports harbour Harbour Grace harbour master harbour seal Harburg Harburg, E Y Harburg, E. Y. Harcerz Harcourt, Alfred Harcourt, Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon hard hard acid Hard Alloys hard asphalt hard automation hard base			Harbin, China Harbin, China Harbin, China Harbin, China harbinger harbinger harbinger harbinger Harbinger Consulting Group harbinger medic harbinger of things to come Harbinger Web Design harbingered harbingered harbingered harbingering harbingering harbingering harbingers harbingers harbingers Harbingers of Death Harbingers of Destruction Harbingers of Lloth Harbison Design Group Harbison, John Harbison, John Harbison-Walker Refractories Harbledown Harbona harbor Harbor Acceptance Trial harbor against Harbor and Approach Chart Harbor Area High Gain Harbor Association of Volunteers for Animals Harbor Bay Parkway Harbor Bay Seals Harbor Bay Seals Harbor Bay Yacht Club Harbor Beach Area District Library Harbor Boulevard of Cars Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution harbor chart Harbor City International School Harbor Clearance Unit Harbor Consulting and Management Harbor Craft Harbor Creek School District Harbor Day School harbor defense harbor defense Harbor Defense Command Harbor Defense Command Unit Harbor Defense Commander Harbor Defense Exercise Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles

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