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entrepôt noun [ ˈɒntrəpəʊ ]

• a port, city, or other centre to which goods are brought for import and export, and for collection and distribution.
• "Hong Kong has long been an entrepôt between east and west"
Origin: early 18th century: French, from entreposer ‘to store’, from entre ‘among’ + poser ‘to place’.


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