Gulfport

American  

[guhlf-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈgʌlfˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

1. a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.

2. a town in W Florida.

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Example Sentences

“This is a bucket list-type thing,” said longtime fan Kim Brazier, who flew in from Gulfport, Miss. “I only watch ‘Everybody Loves Raymond.’

From Los Angeles Times

Cox, of Gulfport, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over a December 2020 incident in which he put together a wooden cross in his front yard and propped it up so his Black neighbors could see it.

From Seattle Times

The family moved to Gulfport, Fla., while Ms. Bosson was in high school.

From Washington Post

When Barbara was a teenager, her family moved to Gulfport, Fla., where she graduated from high school in 1957.

From New York Times

In “Stand,” a new documentary now on Showtime, director Joslyn Rose Lyons examines his full journey: growing up in poverty in Gulfport, Miss.; battling Tourette’s syndrome; and struggling with the fact that he not only didn’t have a relationship with his father but that, to this day, he’s not certain who his father was.

From Washington Post