TREATY PORT
Dictionary entry overview: What does treaty port mean? • TREATY PORT (noun)
The noun TREATY PORT has 1 sense:
1. a port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty
Familiarity information: TREATY PORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TREATY PORT (noun)
Meaning:
A port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("treaty port" is a kind of...):
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
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