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outport::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | port |
Examples of outport
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The term outport has sometimes been used in a derogatory sense.
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An outport is the term given for a small isolated coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The cod moratorium of 1992 was another blow to the outport communities, whose entire economies were based on the ocean and its resources.
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There was a common theme in each era, involving the continuing decline of the traditional, stable, subsistence, outport economy by the forces of urbanism and industrialism.
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With no highway access, limited economic growth due to declines in the fishery, and ongoing depopulation as young people move to larger urban centres, the outport is an endangered phenomenon.
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- A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
- (Outports) An outport is the term given for a small isolated coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
