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• gosport
  gosport

  noun

  a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
• Gosport
  Gosport

  noun

  a town in S England, in Hampshire on Portsmouth harbour: naval base since the 16th century. Pop: 69 348 (2001)

gosport

American  

[gos-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈgɒsˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

1. a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.

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Gosport British  

/ ˈɡɒsˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a town in S England, in Hampshire on Portsmouth harbour: naval base since the 16th century. Pop: 69 348 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of gosport

First recorded in 1940–45; after Gosport, England

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Gosport

It surpassed the high of 36.7 in Merryfield, Somerset, on Thursday, which itself had broken the 36.1 recorded in Gosport, Hampshire, the day before.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The new June temperature record for the UK of 36.1C was provisionally set on Wednesday afternoon in Gosport, Hampshire.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Temperatures could be as high as 37 or 38C around central southern England, which would beat the new June record set on Wednesday in Gosport.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Matt Styler, 50, of no fixed abode from Gosport, has been charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

One, in the middle, was neatly done up with turf, and is supposed to contain the remains of the late Lord of Gosport.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson