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Entrepôt

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, entrepôt means: A trading centre where goods are gathered and redistributed to other markets.

In Turkish: aktarma ticareti merkezi, antrepo limanı

How it is used

Often describes a port's role in a network; it is more than a storage building.

Example sentences

  1. The port became an entrepôt for goods moving between inland towns and overseas markets.

    The location connects several trading flows through redistribution.

  2. Customs lists show the entrepôt handled goods produced far beyond its hinterland.

    Commercial importance need not depend on nearby production.

Common collocations

  • an entrepôt port
  • entrepôt trade
  • trade routeA regular path by land, river or sea along which merchants carried goods between regions, such as the Silk Road or the spice routes of the Indian Ocean.
  • Silk RoadThe network of overland and sea trade routes that linked China with Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean from ancient times to around the fifteenth century.

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