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Freeport
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- 1 A city on Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.
- 2 A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 3 A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
- 4 A small city in Walton County, Florida, United States.
- 5 A city, the county seat of Stephenson County, Illinois, United States.
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
- 7 An unincorporated community in Harper County, Kansas, United States.
- 8 A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
- 9 A village in Barry County, Michigan, United States.
- 10 A small city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States.
- 11 A large village in Nassau County, New York, United States.
- 12 A village in Harrison County, Ohio, United States.
- 13 A borough of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 14 A city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
- 15 An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States.
- 1 Alternative form of free port. alt-of, alternative
"Iris scanners, magnetic locks, and a security system known as Cerberus guard the freeport’s storerooms, whose contents are said to be insured for a hundred billion dollars, but the facility retains a blue-collar feel. […] A freeport offers few tax advantages and scarcely any security features that a standard bonded warehouse cannot provide. But Bouvier’s development in Singapore carried within it two ideas. The first is that freeports will become hubs in the sixty-billion-dollar international art market, destinations in themselves—places for scholars, restorers, insurers, art-finance specialists, consultants, and dealers."
Etymology
From free + port. The village in Nova Scotia was likely named after the town in Maine.
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