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Porbandar

American  
[pawr-buhn-der] / pɔrˈbʌn dər /

noun

  1. a seaport in SW Gujarat, in W India.


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"This voyage reconnects the past with the present," Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan said, flagging the ship off from Porbandar, in India's western state of Gujarat, on an estimated two-week crossing to the Arabian Peninsula.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Other ports including Bedi, Navlakhi, Porbandar, Okha, Pipavav and Bhavnagar have also closed due to the cyclone, according to shipping sources.

From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2023

Mrs Popat's father was born and raised in Porbandar, a port city in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

In 1869, political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2020

He told me, too, that wages were rising, but the price of ghee, rice, and curry-stuffs was up, too, which was bad for wives and families at Porbandar.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

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